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The Pantheon in Paris, a neoclassical building with a large dome, tall columns, and detailed pediment, stands in the Quartier Latin with people and cars in front. Foucault pendulum with a gold sphere suspended above a circular numbered ring, set on a patterned floor in the Pantheon, Paris, with classical statues and columns behind. The Panthéon in Paris President Emmanuel Macron stands at a podium delivering a speech in front of a large black and white portrait of Marc Bloch and Simonne Bloch at the Pantheon induction ceremony in Paris.
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Panthéon The Panthéon, Paris.

Panthéon

building, Paris, France
Also known as: Sainte-Geneviève
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Panthéon, building in Paris that 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. Its design exemplified the Neoclassical return to a strictly logical use of classical architectural elements. The Panthéon is a cruciform building with a high...

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