Temple of Madeleine

The Greek temple is located in the center of Paris, which is a rather special structure. Napoleon himself wanted to build a monument to the Great Army along the Maison Carreé building in Nimes.

To do so, Napoleon began to build before a building but failed and was destroyed. That work was redone in 1806 under the direct direction of architect Vignon. In 1814, it became "The Church of St. Mary Madeleine" and located in the middle of the square of the same name.

It has the appearance and structure of a classical Greek temple. The high ground and in the foreground is a large staircase, the corridor with 52 Corinthian-style pillars 65 feet high (19.8 m) running around the exterior of this structure and has a wall with a pillar Large scale sculpted by Lemaire in 1834, showing "Last Day of Judgment". Inside the church there is no wall, it only has a lobby with two groups of Pradier and Rude sculptures and a semicircle chanting.

Above the high altar is a work of an Italian painter. It is a picture of Assumption of Mary Madeleine by the painter Marocchetti. Once out of this building, you can see the entire Royale as far as the tower pillar in the Square and Bourbon Palace.