Tuesday 10 December 2013

France's great citizens rest here

Originally built as a church dedicated to St Genevieve. Nowadays it functions as a mausoleum.

Among those buried in its necropolis are the great contributors of France - VoltaireRousseauVictor HugoÉmile Zola,Jean MoulinMarie CurieLouis BrailleJean Jaurès and Soufflot, its architect.

Our first building with the obligatory scaffolding...



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