Panthéon - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
Panthéon - Credit: Wikimedia Commons
The Panthéon (, from the Classical Greek word , , '[temple] to all the gods') is a monument in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It stands in the Latin Quarter, atop the , in the centre of the , which was named after it. The edifice was built between 1758 and 1790, from designs by , at the behest of King Louis XV of France; the king intended it as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, Paris's patron saint, whose relics were to be housed in the church. Neither Soufflot nor Louis XV lived to see the church completed. Read more on Wikipedia
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