<P> The basilica complex includes a garden for meditation, with a fountain . The top of the dome is open to tourists and affords a spectacular panoramic view of the city of Paris, which is mostly to the south of the basilica . </P> <P> The use of cameras and video recorders is forbidden inside the basilica . </P> <P> The basilica is home to a large and very fine pipe organ built by Aristide Cavaillé - Coll for a private home in Biarritz, composed of 109 ranks and 78 speaking stops spread across four 61 - note manuals and the 32 - note pedalboard (unusual before the start of the 20th century; the standard of the day was 56 and 30), spread across three expressive divisions (also unusual for the time, even in large organs). The organ was ahead of its time, containing multiple expressive divisions and giving the performer considerable advantages over other even larger instruments of the day . It was almost identical (tonal characteristics, layout, and casework) to the instrument in Sheffield's Albert Hall, destroyed by fire in 1937 . However, when installed in Paris in 1905 by Cavaillé - Coll's successor and son - in - law, Charles Mutin, it lost its ornate case for a much plainer one . </P> <P> In response to requests from French bishops, Pope Pius IX promulgated the feast of the Sacred Heart in 1856 . The basilica itself was consecrated on 16 October 1919 . </P>

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