BASILICA OF NOTRE-DAME-DE-BREBIÈRES
Religious building
4/5
2025
Recommended
2025
Basilica of Notre-Dame-de-Brebières of neo-Byzantine style, which is worth a visit to discover its history.
This basilica is extraordinary! Stop to admire its colors: its architect, Edmond Duthoit, has added sparkle to every corner of this neo-Byzantine edifice. Albert's nickname of "Lourdes of the North" comes from the fall of the statue of the Virgin Mary that once stood atop the basilica. It was said that its fall coincided with the end of the war... which indeed it did in 1918 (after more than 2,000 shells landed between 1915 and 1918!).
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Située sur une place et tout près du marché du samedi matin, la Basilique fut construite à la fin du 19ème siècle et reconstruite après la 1ère guerre mondiale.
L'architecture est très originale de style néo-byzantin. L'intérieur est multicolore et très décoré.
Le Musée « Somme 1916 » est acolé à la Basilique, et permet de comprendre le quotidien des soldats dans les tranchées.