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Figure 86: The Church of the Madeleine, Paris, begun in 1806 by Pierre-Alexandre Vignon, completed 1842.

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Pierre-Alexandre Vignon

French architect

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design of Madeleine

In Madeleine
Pierre-Alexandre Vignon in 1806. Together with the Arc de Triomphe (1806–08) and the Vendôme Column, the Madeleine is one of the monuments with which Napoleon sought to turn Paris into an imperial capital. Built in the form of a Roman temple surrounded by a Corinthian…
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