Shrine of the Sacred Heart

The Shrine of the Sacred Heart is a Roman Catholic parish established in 1899 in the Mount Pleasant/Columbia Heights neighborhood of Washington D.C. The parish church is a large domed Byzantine structure modeled after the Cathedral in , .
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  • Type: Church
  • Denomination: Catholic
  • Description: parish church in Washington, D.C., United States
  • Also known as: Santuario del Sagrado Corazón”, “Shrine of the Sacred Heart (Washington, D.C.)”, and “Shrine of the Sacred Heart Catholic Church
  • Address: 3211 Pine Street Northwest

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include James Cardinal Gibbons Memorial Statue and DC USA.

Work of art
Photo: AgnosticPreachersKid, Public domain.
The is a public artwork by Leo Lentelli, located at the Shrine of the Sacred Heart, 16th Street and Park Road Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States.

Shopping center
Photo: Gridprop, Public domain.
is an 890,000-square-foot vertical power center, i.e. a multilevel enclosed urban shopping center anchored by big box stores. It is located in the Columbia Heights neighborhood of A Washington City Paper poll named the "Best Designed Retail Space" of 2009. is situated 770 feet southeast of Shrine of the Sacred Heart.

Work of art
Photo: APK, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Memorial is a public artwork by Attilio Piccirilli, located at the intersection of 16th and Lamont Streets NW in the neighborhood of It stands as a tribute to Italian inventor , whose work with telegraphy and radio waves led to the creation and popularity of the radio. is situated 380 feet southwest of Shrine of the Sacred Heart.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Mount Pleasant and Lanier Heights.

Neighborhood
is a neighborhood in , located in The neighborhood is primarily residential, with restaurants and stores centered along a commercial corridor on Mt.

Neighborhood
is a small urban neighborhood in the northwest section of It was one of the District of Columbia’s early planned subdivisions outside the original City of Washington.

Adams Morgan, Mount Pleasant, and Columbia Heights are three bordering neighborhoods in Washington DC, each with a different character, but united in an unmistakable sense of dynamism, diversity, youth, and nightlife.

Shrine of the Sacred Heart

Latitude
38.93105° or 38° 55′ 52″ north
Longitude
-77.0357° or 77° 2′ 9″ west
Elevation
197 feet (60 metres)
Open location code
87C4WXJ7+CP
Open­Street­Map ID
way 68790066
Open­Street­Map feature
amenity=­place_of_worship
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map attribute
denomination=­catholic
Geo­Names ID
4140496
Wiki­data ID
Q7504086
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