BASILICA OF ST. PETER
The Basilica of Saint-Epvre is a magnificent building, both imposing, majestic, and graceful
A magnificent building, at once imposing, majestic, and... graceful. In 1451, it was a gothic church, razed 400 years later before being rebuilt in a neo-gothic style by a Nancy architect, Prosper Morey. The church was then elevated to the rank of minor basilica by Pope Pius IX. Its monumental staircase was donated by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria, Napoleon III and Eugenie donated stained glass windows, and the organs were awarded a gold medal at the Universal Exhibition in Paris in 1867. Impressive!
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