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Statue of Our Lady of Victories, Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Paris, France

Statue of Our Lady of Victories, 1809, in the Chapel of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Victories, or l’Archiconfrérie de Notre-Dame des Victoires, in the Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Roman catholic convent church built 1629-1740 in Baroque style, on the Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, Place des Petits-Peres, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. The statue was crowned in 1853 by request of Pope Pius IX to give thanks for the deliverance of Rome by French soldiers in 1849. Originally the chapel of the Augustinian fathers, the church was rebuilt from 1656 by Pierre Le Muet, consecrated in 1666 and finished by Sylvain Cartaud. The basilica was once a station on the Compostela pilgrimage route, and is famous for its ex voto offerings. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Statue of Our Lady of Victories, 1809, in the Chapel of the Confraternity of Our Lady of Victories, or l’Archiconfrérie de Notre-Dame des Victoires, in the Basilica of Notre-Dame-des-Victoires, Roman catholic convent church built 1629-1740 in Baroque style, on the Rue Notre Dame des Victoires, Place des Petits-Peres, 2nd arrondissement, Paris, France. The statue was crowned in 1853 by request of Pope Pius IX to give thanks for the deliverance of Rome by French soldiers in 1849. Originally the chapel of the Augustinian fathers, the church was rebuilt from 1656 by Pierre Le Muet, consecrated in 1666 and finished by Sylvain Cartaud. The basilica was once a station on the Compostela pilgrimage route, and is famous for its ex voto offerings. The building is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen