After the fall of the Commune, the city was governed under the strict surveillance of the conservative national government. The French government and parliament did not return to the city from Versaillles until 1879, though the Senate returned earlier to its home in the Luxembourg Palace. On 23 July 1873, the National Assembly endorsed the project of building a basilica at the site where the uprising of the Paris Commune had begun; it was intended to atone for the sufferings of Paris during the Franco-Prussian War and the Commune. The Basilica of Sacré-Cœur was built in the neo-Byzantine style, and paid for by public subscription. It was not finished until 1919, but quickly became one of the most recognizable landmarks in Paris.
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
Vintage B&W photos of Paris, France, late 19th Century
