Lille, FR

Sacré-Coeur Church, Lille

The church was erected by the architect Jules Batigny between 1875 and 1878 and again between 1895 and 1898. The bell tower was only completed in 1928 by the architect Charles Sarazin. Although made of reinforced concrete, it did not withstand the weather and had to be entirely restored between 2005 and 2008.

About this building

In neo-gothic style, the Sacré-Cœur church is one of the largest in Lille with 90 meters long, 24 meters wide and 22 meters high under the main vault. It has a basilical plan, with an ambulatory that goes around the choir. The transept is lit by three rows of openings.

Key Features

  • Stained glass

Visitors information

  • Level access to the main areas
  • Café within 500m

Other nearby buildings

Eglise Saint-Michel de Lille

The competition for a church and presbytery project was decided in 1868, and was won by the architect Alfred Coisel, who carried out the construction of the building between 1869 and 1874.

Saint-Etienne Church, Lille

The present church is built on the site of the first Jesuit chapel built in 1610 and destroyed in 1740 in a fire. In 1743, the architect Dominique Delesalle drew up the plans for the new church and the foundation stone was laid under the direction of the architect François Joseph Gombert, who had already worked on the church of the Convent of the Discalced Carmelites in Lille.

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