The largest of the heroic sculptures is placed where the altar would be in the church...the National Convention, where things really got rolling in 1792 |
More heroic sculpture...and St. Genevieve paintings |
Finally, you descend to the crypt, where Voltaire welcomes you... |
And Rousseau |
A Resistance fighter of note; and a writer and minister of cultural affairs of note...the man responsible for so much preservation of French architecture, culture, etc. |
Thus; will someone please explain to me the significance of the cat? |
Pierre and Marie Curie |
Hugo and Dumas |
Zola |
Thus |
Louis Braille...yes, the little yellow strip is en Braille |
Jaures |
In the crypt |
Back on the main floor, looking up to the main cupola--alas, Foucault's Pendulum (replica) has been taken down for the period of renovation |
What it would normally look like |
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