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Vitrail International near Paris handmade the stained glass for the Basilica which was the largest such order ever placed and comprised 8,400 square metres (90,000 sq ft) of material assembled in 18,500 panels.
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864:[Dedication of the Basilica of Our Lady of Peace] (Press release) (in French). Holy See. 10 September 1990.
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1145:"Basilique Notre Dame de la Paix Ă Yamoussoukro"
1068:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 191.
1017:"French glass master shines a light on his soul"
771:Ostling, Richard N.; James Wilde (3 July 1989).
1177:"Ivory Coast Church to Tower Over St. Peter's"
1091:"The president, his church and the crocodiles"
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565:List of largest church buildings in the world
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1584:20th-century Roman Catholic church buildings
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720:"Basilica of Our Lady of Peace, Ivory Coast"
389:at a cost of US$ 1.5 million annually.
1123:. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 121.
943:. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 121.
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641:"Our Lady of Peace Basilica, Yamoussoukro"
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970:. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 224.
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964:Lang, Jon T.; Walter Moleski (2010).
29:Church in Yamoussoukro, CĂ´te d'Ivoire
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913:"Diocese of Odienné, Cote d'Ivoire"
699:"Africa: the Scramble for Survival"
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475:when the basilica was consecrated.
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1574:1990 establishments in Ivory Coast
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1174:Brooke, James (19 December 1988).
1062:Foley, Michael (1 November 2013).
697:Morrow, Lance (7 September 1992).
610:"The biggest, longest, tallest..."
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22:Our Lady of Peace (disambiguation)
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940:Architecture and Power in Africa
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1001:The Wall Street Journal
511:First Ivorian Civil War
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403:Basilica of Saint Peter
300:90 metres (300 ft)
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20:. For other uses, see
1418:. New York: Praeger.
547:List of tallest domes
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1440:(in French). Liège.
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522:beside Jesus at his
53:The basilica in 2007
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244:US$ 175–600 million
213:Renaissance Revival
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1211:(in French). Paris
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1155:on 1 October 2011
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