Eglise de la Madeleine - Paris, France
N 48° 52.170 E 002° 19.443
31U E 450430 N 5413169
The Eglise de la Madeleine is a Catholic church located in the 8th arrondissement of Paris, France. It has a beautiful piece of frieze art over its main entrance.
Waymark Code: WMMX9A
Location: Île-de-France, France
Date Posted: 11/19/2014
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"L'église de la Madeleine (Madeleine Church; more formally, L'église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine; less formally, just La Madeleine) is a Roman Catholic church occupying a commanding position in the 8th arrondissement of Paris.
The Madeleine Church was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army. To its south lies the Place de la Concorde, to the east is the Place Vendôme, and to the west Saint-Augustin, Paris.
Architecture
The Madeleine is built in the Neo-Classical style and was inspired by the Maison Carrée at Nîmes, one of the best-preserved of all Roman temples. Its fifty-two Corinthian columns, each 20 metres high, are carried around the entire building. The pediment sculpture of the Last Judgement is by Lemaire, and the church's bronze doors bear reliefs representing the Ten Commandments. Its size is 354 feet (108 meters) long and 141 feet (43 meters) wide."
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