The Basilica of Notre Dame of Geneva is the main Catholic temple in Geneva, Switzerland.
The church of Our Lady was built between 1852 and 1857 on the site of an old fortification bastion. Neo-Gothic building, whose appearance is partly inspired by Beauvais Cathedral, was built after an agreement with the City of Geneva that provided the land and the gifts and manual labor provided by the Genevan Catholic community.
The basilica is dedicated to the Virgin Mary, who is represented by a statue donated by Pope Pius IX. It is also a stopover for pilgrims going to Santiago de Compostela: the basilica marks, in a way, the end of the via Jacobi which leaves from Rorschach and ends in Geneva, and the beginning of the via Gebennensis, which extends from Puy-en-Velay via Via Podiensis.
The building has had the status of minor basilica since 1954.
The building is classified as a Swiss cultural property of national importance.
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