LA MADELEINE

WHAT IS IT?

• La Madeleine is a Roman Catholic church.

WHO WAS INVOLVED?

• Louis XVIII completed the building and converted it into a church!
• designed by Pierre-Alexandre Vignon

IMPORTANT DATES

• The building was completed in 1842.
• Its construction started in 1764 and finished in 1842.

WHERE IS IT LOCATED?

• To the south is the Place de la Concorde
• To the east is the Place Vendôme
• to the west Saint-Augustin
• Located near the metro station

WHY IS IT IMPORTANT?

• devoted to Mary Magdalene
• Construction halted during the French Revolution until 1806.
• Napoleon decided to build a temple in honor of his army.
• Then it became la madeleine it was never napoleons intension to build it for mary.

FACTS ABOUT THE LANDMARK

• The Madeleine Church was designed in its present form as a temple to the glory of Napoleon's army.
• Behind the alter inside the church is a ascension of Mary Magdalene

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