For French Class

1. Le Panthéon
Alex Jacqueline

2. • The Pantheon
Was Originally
Built As A Church
Located In The
Latin Quarter.
(Paris, France)

3. • The Former Church Was
Completed In 1789. It
Took 31 Years To Build
Due To Insufficient Funds
And The Former
Architecture, Jacques-
Germain Soufflot, Died
Before He Could
Completely Build It.

4. • The Church Was
Then Converted To A
Mausoleum But Has
Changed Between
The Two Since Its
Original Intention

5. • quot;Aux Grands Homme
La Patrie
Reconnaissate.quot; Is
Inscripted Above The
Entrance. The
Translation Means
quot;For Great Men The
Grateful Nation.quot;

6. • Leon Foucault Proved
The Earth’s Rotation
By Building A
Pendulum In The
Pantheon. (1851)

7. • The Original Church
Came With 42
Windows. They Were
Covered Up To Give
The Mausoleum A
More “Darker”
Atmosphere.

8. Bibliography
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/france/paris-pantheon.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Panth%C3%A9on_(Paris)
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2350/2585523040_827f03d959.jpg
http://france.archiseek.com/ile_de_france/paris/images/pantheon_crypt_l
ge.jpg
http://loki814.tripod.com/europe/pics/foucault.jpg
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3172/2539002802_06c89ee6eb.jpg
http://www.planetware.com/paris/pantheon-f-p-pan.htm
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