Monday, September 13, 2010

Pantheon – The Outside

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Originally to be a church, it has only stood as a mausoleum to great Frenchmen. 

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Sort of makes a tombstone seem inadequate. 

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Yeah, those pillars are pretty big.

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AUX GRANDS HOMMES LA PATRIE RECONNAISSANTE (lit. "To the great men, the homeland [is] grateful")

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Certainly dominates the local landscape.  Also makes it pretty easy to find one’s way back from the Metro.  First, go to the Pantheon, second, walk home.

Enjoy,

jon

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