I visited the Pantheon in 2014 and posted two items, here, and here, to which I must refer the reader who seeks a more comprehensive view of the place. Seriously, take a look. In 2025, with our Passion Monuments pass, Vicki wanted to have a look also. If you're into French history, this place is a must when you're in Paris. If you're not so knowledgeable, or not French, maybe something else. I wanted to see the newest addition, Josephine Baker, and Vicki wanted to see the first female inductee, Madame Curie. I'll just include a few other items not treated in the aforementioned 2014 posts.
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| One of Paris' largest buildings, almost certainly its largest "church" |
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| Nave view, as it were |
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Helpful model #12,857; also a model of where Gil got picked up by
the 1928 Peugeot taxi and taken to the party for Jean Cocteau... |
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Re-creation of Foucault's Pendulum (not there in 2014); he tried
it out in many places...more height, greater accuracy... |
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| Artsy-fartsy model shot |
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| Extremely helpful cut-away model #12,858 |
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| Now in the crypt, Voltaire |
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| This space available: petition the National Assembly |
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Madame Curie; still the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in
two separate scientific disciplines; and her husband |
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Josephine Baker...her remains remain in Monaco...Princess Grace was
an admirer and close personal buddess |
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Does not do her justice, this descendant of an American slave,
who transformed herself from dancer to innovative dancer,
to sex goddess, to singer, to the first African-descendent film
star, to Resistance operative, to civil rights champion...but we
should be glad of her recognition here, if not in the US |
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