Pantheon Paris
by Patricia Hofmeester
Title
Pantheon Paris
Artist
Patricia Hofmeester
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
The Pantheon in Paris, France
The building of the Pantheon in Paris was begun about 1757 by the architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot as the Church of Sainte-Geneviève to replace a much older church of that name on the same site. It was secularized during the French Revolution and dedicated to the memory of great Frenchmen, receiving the name Panthéon.
The Panthéon was reconsecrated and resecularized several times during the 19th century, serving as a church in 1828–30 and in 1851–70. Today it is a civic building that serves as a repository for the remains of great French citizens, including Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Èmile Zola, and Marie Curie.
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September 8th, 2015
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