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| 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 |
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| More heroic sculpture...and St. Genevieve paintings |
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| Finally, you descend to the crypt, where Voltaire welcomes you... |
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| And Rousseau |
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| 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. |
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| Thus; will someone please explain to me the significance of the cat? |
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| Pierre and Marie Curie |
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| Hugo and Dumas |
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| Zola |
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| Thus |
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| Louis Braille...yes, the little yellow strip is en Braille |
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| Jaures |
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| In the crypt |
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| 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 |
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| What it would normally look like |
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