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Cœur-Immaculé-de-Marie Church
Religious building, Historic site and monument
in Fort-de-France
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After the Second World War, the town of Fort-de-France extended eastward over the former sugar factory Pointe-des-Nègres, once the fiefdom of Victor Sévère, mayor of Fort-de-France.
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Monseigneur de La Brunelière, crowned bishop in 1941, wished to erect a new parish there because that of the cathedral was too far away.
Mrs Chomereau-Lamotte, heiress with her brother of this former agricultural estate where their father made rum, donated to the bishop a plot of land intended for the construction of a presbytery and a church. This one ended thanks to a part of the funds collected during the pilgrimage of Our Lady of the Great Return.
A large iron sculpture by the artist...Monseigneur de La Brunelière, crowned bishop in 1941, wished to erect a new parish there because that of the cathedral was too far away.
Mrs Chomereau-Lamotte, heiress with her brother of this former agricultural estate where their father made rum, donated to the bishop a plot of land intended for the construction of a presbytery and a church. This one ended thanks to a part of the funds collected during the pilgrimage of Our Lady of the Great Return.
A large iron sculpture by the artist Khokho René Corail adorns its façade.
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