the Panthéon was the tallest building in Paris. The imposing facade features 22 Corinthian columns supporting a triangular pediment, and is reminiscent of the Pantheon in Rome. Above the entrance ...
Built at the behest of King Louis XV of France; the king intended it as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, Paris' patron saint ... modelled on the Pantheon in Rome which had been used in this way ...