On the southern bank of the Seine, thers are also many fine churches, both and modern. The grandest of Panthgon, once dedicated to St. Génevievd, the patron saint of Paris, is no longer a church: it stands on high ground in the Quartier Latin, almost due south of Notre Dame, and nut far from the Sorbonne or university.
This church was built by the architect Soufilot, between 1764 and 1790—but in 1791, alter the outbreak of the Ltevolution, ie was turned into a Pantheistic Temple, and dedicated to all great Frenchmen. 1806 it was re-consecrated ws a church; in 1830 it once more became the Pantheon 5 in 1801 it again became " church; bus when Victor Hugo was buried there in 1885 the building was declared to be a secular temple, and it so remains, In the crypt are the tombs of Voltaire, Rousseau, Mirabeau, and other celebrated French: men.
Pantheon is built in the form of a Greek' crus; it has a lofty and_conpicuous dome, 272 feet high, and 75 feet ross. The pediment of the fine portico contains a remarkable series of figures sculptured by David of Angers, represent Fénelog, Voltaire, Cuvier, Laplace, Rousseau, Mirabeau, Lafayette, and others.
he interior is very in it measures 370 feet in length by 276 feet in width, here are many statues of sainty and other famous people, and numerous h stor.cal paintings, From the gallery above the dome one gets a splendid view of Paris, and the country around the city.
A few yards north-east of the Pantheon is the spacious church of St. Etienne clu Mont, built chiefly in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Its most remarkable feature is a beautiful jube or rood screen carved by Bind at the beginning of the seventeenth: century, Nearer the Seine, in the Ru- St, Jacques, to the interesting abt church of Severin Most of it dates from the uth, fifteenth and sixteenth centuries; the west doorway was formerly Unt of St. Pierre aux Boeufs, and was Pierre was taken down. Some windows the nave have fine old stained glass, and in the chapels are striking modern {rescues by. Blaudeis and others. mii westward church of St.
Tittle north of the Luxembours 1 gardens. 'This church, built ug tie reigns of L urge and suis' Quine, is the most spacious in aris; iv is kuger even than Notre Dame. Some of the frescoes are good, and parts of the interior are richly decorated, Some way north of St. Sulpice, across the Boulevard St. the famous old church, St. Germain-des: oldest church i from the eleventh, the choir from the twelftlt confu Tt contains a fourteenth century statue of th Blessed Virgin, and me fine modern freseves by Flandrin. The numerous historic. associations con nected with this church will readily be remembered by readers of French hi-tory. Phree-quarters of a mile wea of St. Germainales-Pres, a few minutes north east of the Invalides, is the seand in dern church of St. Clotilde, built newly Gxty years ago. It contains some fine modern Stained glass windows, has-relieis and painting
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