Abbey of Saint Genevieve
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The Abbey of Saint Genevieve was a monastery in Paris. Reportedly built by Clovis, King of the Franks in 502, it became a centre of religious scholarship in the Middle Ages. It was suppressed at the t
Entrée à Jérusalem, Abbaye Sainte-Geneviève
The Tour Clovis
Panthéon
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The Panthéon is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the centre of the Place du Panthéon, which was named after i
Abbey of Saint Genevieve
…poor condition. An immense abbey church over the old crypt was built, to designs by Jacques-Germain Soufflot; in part rebuilt, it serves today as the Panthéon. The Abbey of Saint Genevieve was renamed as the Panthéon due to the French Revolution, and the secularization of religion once the revolution started…
Pantheon of Paris 007
Looking upward at the first and second domes
Iron rods were used to give greater strength and stability to the stone structure (1758–90)
The Tomb of Jean-Jacques Rousseau