Beauties of continental architecture

Coney, John

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Monografie

Persistenter Identifier:: 1460979038851

Titel:: Beauties of continental architecture

Untertitel:: in a series of views of ancient cathedrals and other remarkable public buildings, in France, the Netherlands, Germany and Italy

Künstler/Illustrator:: Coney, John

Verleger/Verlag:: M. A. Nattali

Erscheinungsort:: London

Erscheinungsjahr:: 1843

Sprache:: englisch; französisch

Strukturtyp:: Monografie

Besitzende Institution:: Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Standort:: Universitätsbibliothek Stuttgart

Signatur:: 1Kc 1099

Lizenz:: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/deed.de

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Titel:: The Pantheon, Paris

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» fi r iWMiWiMiWinffirnmni ~ !| VlM ) p— THE PANTHEON, PARIS. This magnificent edifice was erected under the reign of Louis XV. in the year 1764, in the room of the ancient dilapidated church of St. Geneviève, the patron saint of the city of Paris. It is greatly admired as one of the principal ornaments of Paris. The architect under whose direction it was built was Soufflot, who had studied in Italy. The plan which he gave for this new church was so greatly and generally admired, that it caused the ancient style of archi tecture, which had till then prevailed at Paris, to be wholly abandoned. The total height of the edifice is about 300 French feet, its length 350 feet, and its breadth 250 feet. The dome, by which it is surmounted, is supported on pillars of such extreme lightness, that they are hardly remarked among the great isolated columns, which compose the four naves of the cross. But the lightness of this architecture was purchased at the expense of solidity. Numerous cracks appeared in the pillars which support the dome. When this discovery was made, the enthusiasm of the public was greatly abated. Happily the damage was not irreparable ; and the celebrated Architect Rondelet, undertook to remedy it. He accomplished the object with great success ; but he was obliged to sacrifice a part of the beauty of the original design. During the Revolution, the National Assembly decreed that this church should be destined, under the name of the Pantheon, to receive the mortal remains of the great men of the nation ; and the following inscription was placed on the frontispiece— AUX GRANDS HOMMES, LA PATRIE RECONNAISSANTE. The Church was afterwards, by a decree of Napoleon, restored to its original destination, and the inscription was eifaced ; but with the reserve, that it should be exclusively appropriated to remarkable persons, and such as should have performed great services. The French Chambers, since the expulsion of Charles X. have restored to the Building the name of The Pantheon, and caused the inscription to be replaced.

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