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- "To the Great People of Grateful Fatherland"
In 1764 the building was conceived by Louis XV as the church of Saint Genevieve, thanks to which, with the help of prayers , recovered from a serious illness. However, after a while, history made its own adjustments to the plans of the monarch. The French revolutionaries for ever repulsed the desire to use oxygen from Louis, and the church was converted to a tomb for the great men of the country.
Among the first outstanding figures in the Pantheon were Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Marie-François Voltaire, and Marat's ashes for a short while joined them apparently, found it not quite politically correct at a certain moment.
To date, there are about fifty most outstanding thinkers, scientists, writers of France in the Pantheon who have found their last refuge among the Vatican yuschihsya compatriots. Although, it should be noted that the Pantheon is worth a visit not only from the desire to be near imperishable ashes, but also simply to receive a powerful and multiple aesthetic pleasure from the monumental architecture of the classical style.
In addition, it is worth paying attention to A copy of the pendulum that hangs under the very dome of the Pantheon. This is a copy of the very pendulum with which physicist Jean Bernard Leon Foucault demonstrated to the public that the Earth is still spinning. Finally, it was here that the dust of Alexandre Dumas moved with great pomp in 2002.
A funny incident occurred here in 2005, when activists of the organization "cultural guerrillas" Untergunther entered the building. They secretly repaired not working for half a century, after which the leadership of the Pantheon sued them and safely lost the case.
Coordinates
Address: Place du Panthéon. Opening hours: April-September Mon-Sun 10.00-18.30, October-March Mon-Sun 10.00-18.00, except for 1 January, 1 May, 25 December, admission is 8 EUR, 5 EUR (preferential), children are free. Pantheon, Paris
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| Inside the Parisian Pantheon |
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| Beautiful painting in the Pantheon, Paris |
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| Beautiful painting in the Pantheon |
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| Bright sculpture at the Pantheon |
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| View of the Pantheon |
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| Sculpture in the Pantheon |
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| Pantheon in miniature |
Reviews about Pantheon in Paris (1)
Pantheon is an architectural monument and a tomb world-wide from French residents May 29, 2014
Elena
was here in May 2014
Paris is an amazing yi fairy-tale city, in which you want to come back again and again, but lovers of France should know that prices here are high enough, so if you plan to visit a lot of excursions, visit the famous show in the cabaret "Moulin Rouge", and go to Disneyland, then it's worth taking with you at least 30,000 rubles for 8 days, not counting the cost of the tour, which usually includes hotel accommodation and breakfast. I spent the May holidays in Paris and enjoyed the beauty ... Read the whole review