Why can't I find libpython2.7.so or libpython2.7.so.1.0

I am installing Python on CentOS 6.5 like this:

wget http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.3/Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2
tar xf Python-2.7.3.tar.bz2 
cd Python-2.7.3
./configure –prefix=/usr/local
make
make altinstall

      

        
        
        
      

    

This installs python2.7 ok, however I cannot find libpython2.7.so

or libpython2.7.so.1.0

on the system.

I need .so

for other things likemod_wsgi

Is there some kind of flag while installing python?