Paul Abadie

Architect, born in Paris, France, designer of the Sacré Coeur Cathedral in Paris (1876–1912). According to a decree of the National Assembly in 1873, it was intended to expiate the spiritual and moral collapse held to be responsible for the defeat of 1870.

Paul Abadie (10 December 1812–2 August 1884) was a French architect and building restorer.

He worked on the restoration of Notre-Dame de Paris, Église Sainte-Croix of Bordeaux, Saint-Pierre of Angoulême and Saint-Front of Périgueux. He won the competition to design the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur on Montmartre in Paris, and saw construction commence on it, though he died long before its completion in 1914.