Basilique Notre-Dame d'Afrique
Also known as Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Afrique
1872
Byzantine
church
The Basilica of Notre-Dame d'Afrique stands on a cliff at Bologhine above the Bay of Algiers as a Roman-Byzantine pilgrimage church begun in 1858 under Bishop Louis-Antoine-Augustin Pavy and consecrated in 1872 under Cardinal Charles…
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- 1858-1872
Construction of the basilica began in 1858 under Bishop Pavy, who oversaw the main structural works before his death in 1866. Cardinal Lavigerie completed the project and the building was consecrated on 30 April 1872, becoming a landmark…
Jean-Eugène Fromageau
- 1857
Fromageau built a provisional Saint Joseph chapel behind the future basilica.
Jean-Eugène Fromageau
- 1873
Pope Pius IX granted the building minor-basilica status and approved the crowning of the Marian statue.
- 1937
Emile Deckers painted the apse fresco, later replaced after water damage.
- 2007-2010
A restoration campaign returned the monument to public and liturgical use in renewed condition.
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