La Madeleine

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“Begun by Napoleon in 1806; not completed until 1842. The emperor planned it as a ‘of fame’ to commemorate his victories, but it now serves as a church. The structure has the lines of a Roman temple, with a colonnade of Corinthian pillars."—Webster, 1920

Keywords

France, emperor, Napoleon Bonaparte, la madeleine, hall of fame

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French Buildings and Monuments

Source

Webster, Hutton Modern European History (Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & CO., 1920)

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