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La Madeleine
Église de la Madeleine
The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene (La Madeleine) is a large 19th-century Neoclassical parish church in Paris built in the form of a peripteral Greek/Roman temple with a surrounding colonnade. Its exterior is dominated by a massive Corinthian portico and triangular pediment; the interior is a single long vaulted space divided into three domed bays with rich polychrome marble, mosaics and monumental 19th-century sculpture. The building was completed and consecrated in the mid-1840s.
First raised
1845
Its prime
1845
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1845
What La Madeleine looked like in its prime.
Massive rectangular temple block in pale Parisian limestone, encircled by a peripteral colonnade of 52 fluted Corinthian columns about 20 m high; an octostyle south portico with broad stone steps leads to a deep recess and oversized bronze doors beneath a high entablature and a triangular pediment crowded with a high-relief Last Judgment group. The scale is monumental, the stone warm cream in daylight, set on a raised platform in an urban square framed by Haussmannian facades.
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10 places to explore in 1845.
The record describes 10 distinct spots at La Madeleine, including 5 interiors: vestibule with 'baptism of christ' sculpture, nave looking toward the choir and altar, choir dome, fresco and ceramic mosaic behind the altar and more. Create your own photoreal reconstruction and explore every one, more scenes means more photos, more angles and more of the immersive experience.
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