jeudi 18 octobre 2012

The Pantheon


The Pantheon is a neoclassical monument of the Pantheon located on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, in the heart of the Latin Quarter. It is surrounded by the Town Hall including the 5th arrondissement, Lycée Henri-IV, the church of Saint-Étienne-du-Mont Sainte-Geneviève Library and the Faculty of Law. Street Soufflot it draws a perspective to the Luxembourg Gardens.

Originally planned in the eighteenth century for a church to house the shrine of St. Genevieve, now this monument intended to honor great figures who marked the history of France.

The different designs of its construction, decoration, inscriptions and symbols contained therein, to scroll through the slow construction and contrasting the French nation.

This monument is open to the public and managed by the " Centre des monuments nationaux ".

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