Madeleine
(Eglise de la)
Place de
la Madeleine (8)
Underground: Madeleine
tel: (0) 1 44 51 69 00
Daily 8.30am-6pm, Sunday till 7pm; on holidays 11am-6pm.
The
resemblance with a Greek temple is no coincidence: Napoleon, who gave
the orders to build this structure, loved to imitate classical models.
Today the church is also being used for concerts of classical music.
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