Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, Bogotá, Neo-Baroque church in Los Mártires, Bogotá, Colombia

The Basílica del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús, known as the Basílica del Voto Nacional, is a Neo-Baroque church on the west side of Plaza de Los Mártires. Its pale beige and grey stone facade has a central tower with a Roman-numeral clock and a small statue on top, statues at the roofline corners, three wooden doorways and the inscription "VOTUM NATIONALE" above the main entrance. Inside, a single nave runs beneath a double dome whose outer metal shell carries a glass cupola in the colours of the Colombian flag.

Construction of this place of worship started in the early 1900s under architect Julián Lombana Herrera and was completed after several building phases. Later, it gained an elevated ecclesiastical status that recognized its importance among Catholic houses of prayer.

The name Voto Nacional comes from the 1902 pledge by Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo, backed by the government, to consecrate Colombia to the Sacred Heart of Jesus for peace during the Thousand Days' War. The church keeps paintings by Ricardo Acevedo Bernal on the ceiling, who also designed the side-chapel stained glass and the main altarpiece with its sculpture of Christ. Interior ornamentation was handled by Colombo Ramelli, and the facade sculpture by Italian artist Pedro Julio D'Achiard.

The church is located at Plaza de Los Mártires, a central public square with historical monuments nearby. Visitors should come during opening hours and dress respectfully to honor the religious nature of the site.

The land for the first chapel came largely from Rosa Calvo, who donated much of the plot in 1881. The unfinished chapel was later turned into the Voto Nacional church after Archbishop Bernardo Herrera Restrepo proposed a national vow for peace during the Thousand Days' War in 1902.