L’Eglise de la Madeleine

• The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, also known as La Madeleine, is a Catholic Church which resembles a Roman Temple and is located at the far end of Rue Royale opposite La Concorde in Paris.
• It was commissioned in 1806 CE by Napoleon Bonaparte as a memorial ‘Temple to the Glory of the Great Army’ and was finally consecrated in 1842 CE.

History

• The Church was designed by Pierre Alexandre Vignon in the Neo-Classical Style based on La Maison Carre in Nimes. Vignon died in 1828 and was succeeded by Jacques-Marie Huve who completed the project.

Photo: L’Eglise de la Madeleine, Paris