France Paris Sacré-Coeur

The basilica of the Sacré-Coeur was built from 1876 to 1910 from Paul Abadie's plan, in a Roman-Byzantine style inspired by the Saint-Front church of Périgueux. At a time modern and rich of its medieval past, Paris is never static, but constantly knew plans of urbanization and imposing building work. This place is so popular as many art location was taken in here such as
* The area before the basilica has featured in many films, notably in 2001 film Amélie (Le fabuleux destin d'Amélie Poulain). The basilica can also be seen in the window in background of the Audrey Hepburn film Sabrina while she is writing home to her father before returning home to America. It also appears in the opening shot of Ronin illuminated at night.
* In the anime series Noir, the lead character Mireille Bouquet has a rendez-vous with Remi Breffort, a high profile member of the secret organization Les Soldats, inside the basilica.
* The basilica is also mentioned in the song Evil and a Heathen by Scottish indie rock band Franz Ferdinand from their 2005 album You Could Have It So Much Better.
* It appears famously at the end of C'était un rendez-vous, a short film which subsequently was used by the rock band Snow Patrol for their video "Open Your Eyes".
* The music video for "Two Hearts Beat As One", by Irish rock band U2, was shot in the Basilica and around Montmartre.
* In Danish singer-songwriter Tina Dico's fourth album release, Count To Ten, the sixth track is titled after and gives reference to the basilica.
* Australian pop duo Savage Garden's music video for "Truly Madly Deeply" was shot there sometime in 1997.