Pictures Of A Pantheon To French Glory

 

This Neoclassical building was supposed

to be a church, but it was finally

completed during the revolution,

so it was converted into a non-

religious mausoleum honoring

the champions of French Liberty

It right by a Parisian university, given a

youthful and energetic feeling to the area.

Mr. Eiffel's Tower, always nice to spot.

Massive columns.

The mausoleum is replete with historic scenes.

The murals honor French heros, including

Genevievem Clovis, and Charlemagne.

While not the original Foucault pendulum,

this marks the spot where, in 1851, 

scientist Leon Foucault first showed the

rotation of the earth with his pendulum.

Part of the grand Convention

National  Monument, this 

represents the revolution,

including the soldiers who

fight for France. 

Here the citizens pledge their allegiance

to France and the ideals of liberty,

reason, and the nation of France (and

now all of Europe, as the flag implies?)

Columns abound.

The stately main dome.