Panthéon Paris World War I Memorial

The Panthéon, is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it. The edifice was built between 1758 and 1790, from designs by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, at the behest of King Louis XV of France; the king intended i…
The Panthéon, is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after it. The edifice was built between 1758 and 1790, from designs by Jacques-Germain Soufflot, at the behest of King Louis XV of France; the king intended it as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, Paris's patron saint, whose relics were to be housed in the church. Neither Soufflot nor Louis XV lived to see the church completed.
  • Architectural style: Neoclassicism
  • Location: Place du Panthéon · Paris, France
  • Completed: 1790
  • Former names: Église Sainte-Geneviève
  • Construction started: 1758
  • Architect(s): Jacques-Germain Soufflot · Jean-Baptiste Rondelet
  • Type: Mausoleum

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