Basilica Of Our Lady Of Peace Summary

The Basilica of Our Lady of Peace Located in middle of an African coconut plantation, the world largest basilica of the world seems to be the monument towering the horizon. This article written by Tim McDonnel will give an insight on the history and describe the edifice. From the first paragraph, we can clearly see the purpose of the author to show the location of the largest church in the world and some details about what make it so special. He began by giving a description of the landscape surrounding the Basilica. The author, journalist at “climate desk” wrote this article for the public. With a capacity that that can accommodate 200,000 worshippers, the largest church in the world is located in Yamoussokro, the capital of Ivory Coast. Of is nickname “our lady of the Treasury”, its construction seemed to come out from the treasury according the citizens. An estimation of the cost pegged 300 million dollars. Houphouet-Boigny built the …show more content…
When he said “Most people think it also mostly came out of the treasury”, he didn’t give us information on the actual case. In another words, whether the construction actually relied on the treasury’s funds. The author conclusion state that the basilica “Our lady of peace” is the largest basilica in the world topping St Peter’s Basilica in Rome by more than 80 feet. I also came with the same conclusion by knowing from fact that this is largest basilica in the world and searching the dimension of others basilica in the world. To me, taking this article for support enable me to have some actual dimensions of the basilica and a storyline attached to it. To conclude, this article reveal interesting information about what make the basilica “Our lady of peace” the largest basilica in the word. Except the actual mensuration of the basilica, I didn’t really learn a lot about this article because having lived in Ivory Coast for a couple make me know those