Panthéon

Panthéon de Paris

 

Panthéon from the classical Greek word pántheion, means a temple to all gods. The monument is located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is located in an area known as the Latin Quarter, at the top of Mount Sainte-Genevieve, in the center of the Pantheon, which was named after him. This building was built from 1758 to 1790 according to the project of Jacques-Germain Soufflot and by order of King Louis 15th, who wanted to dedicate the church to Saint Genevieve. Both creators did not live to see the end of construction.

 

By the time construction was completed, the French Revolution had begun and the National Constituent Assembly voted in 1791 to convert the Church of Saint Genevieve into a mausoleum for the remains of prominent French citizens, modeled on the Roman pantheon that had been in use since the 16th century.

The first to be pantheonized was Honoré Gabriel Riquety, Comte de Mirabeau, although his remains were removed from the site a few years later. During the 19th century, the building was returned to church use twice, although the remains of Souflo were moved inside the Pantheon in 1829 - until the French Third Republic finally issued a decree for its exclusive use as a mausoleum in 1881; The placement of Victor Hugo's remains in the crypt in 1885 was the first in fifty years.

 

Pantheon Paris. Guided Tour

Pantheon Paris Inside Tour

 

Successive changes in the purpose of the building led to a change in the decor of the pediment, the dome to be crowned with a cross or a flag, and some of the original windows were blocked by masonry to give the interior a darker and more funeral atmosphere, which somewhat compromised Soufflot's original attempt to combine the lightness and brightness of a Gothic cathedral with classical principles. The architecture of the Pantheon is an early example of neoclassicism topped with a dome, which owes its character in part to Tempietto Bramante.

As of 2020, the remains of 78 people have been moved to the Pantheon, including five women. More than half of all pantheonizations were made under Napoleon during the First French Empire. In 1851, Leon Foucault demonstrated the diurnal movement in the Pantheon by hanging a pendulum from the ceiling, a copy of which is still visible.

You can visit the Pantheon yourself by purchasing an entrance ticket. External inspection of the Pantheon is provided during a sightseeing tour of Paris.

More information You can find at the official website of Panthéon or at Wikipedia

 

Pantheon's History

Pantheon's History

 

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