The Sacro Cuore di Cristo Re in Rome was designed by Marcello Piacentini. The idea came from Ottavio Gasparri of the Sacred Heart of Jesus religious institute, and the article names no client. Construction began in May 1920, halted on Gasparri's death in 1929 and resumed in 1931. The church was inaugurated in 1934. It was first to be named the Tempio della Pace, honoring World War I dead.
The infobox gives Italian rationalism. The text says the original design drew on 16th-century Roman churches, and Piacentini's revised design from about 1929 to 1931 drew on the Rationalist movement. The facade is brick with alternating raised and recessed courses, capped in travertine. The nave is about 230 feet (70 m) long, and the dome is 118 feet (36 m) high.
It became a parish church in 1926, a titular church in 1965 and a minor basilica later that year. The article gives no hours.
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