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Église du Sacré-Cœur
Angle boulevard Rachidi et rue d’Alger · City centre
Current use Cultural venue, former church
Listed in the national heritage inventory
- Architect
- Paul Tournon
- Period
- 1930
Overview
Work on the Sacred Heart church began in the early 1930s to designs by Paul Tournon, at the entrance to the Arab League Park; the final phase was only completed in 1953. Built entirely in reinforced concrete, it rises 33 metres beneath the vault and runs some 75 metres long. Its stained glass, set in a concrete lattice with geometric patterns of Arab-Andalusian inspiration, is by Florence Tournon-Branly, Jean Mamez and Louis Barillet, and its bell towers recall minarets. Deconsecrated and handed over to the city in the early 1970s, it now hosts exhibitions and cultural events.
Heritage
Heritage record
- Other names
- Église « Sacré coeur»
- Cathédrale du Sacré-Cœur de Casablanca
- Cathédrale du Sacré-Coeur
- District
- Sidi Belyout
- Dates
- 1930-1953
- References
- Wikipedia (French)Wikipedia (en)
Location
Nearby buildings
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- ©« Maroc - Villas jumelles dites Les Tourelles (rec0307 g).jpg » — source: https://regards.monuments-nationaux.fr/fr/feature/671/voyage-en-algerie-et-au-maroc/page/1/nobc/1 — via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Maroc_-_Villas_jumelles_dites_Les_Tourelles_(rec0307_g).jpg), uploaded on 2019-12-05 — Licence Ouverte / Open Licence Etalab (https://www.etalab.gouv.fr/licence-ouverte-open-licence) — image resized · Author: photographer not stated (Commons “Author” field: Marius Boyer, Jean Blois — architects’ names) · License: Licence Ouverte / Open Licence (Etalab) · View source
Villa les Tourelles
100 m away
- ©« Casablanca: École des Beaux Arts » — photo: francesvirtual — CC BY-NC 2.0 — Flickr (https://www.flickr.com/photos/senderistas/5490034532/) · View source
École des Beaux-Arts
120 m away
Villa Violetta
260 m away
- ©« Parc de la Ligue Arabe Avenue.JPG » — photo: Abdul-Jawad Elhusuni (عبدالجواد الحسوني) — CC BY-SA 3.0 — Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parc_de_la_Ligue_Arabe_Avenue.JPG) — image resized · View source
Parc de la Ligue Arabe
300 m away
Maisons Banon
380 m away
