La Madeleine
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Roman Catholic church in the 8th arrondissement of Paris
Key facts
- Location
- 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Country
- France
- Denomination
- Catholic
- Website
- eglise-lamadeleine.com
- Status
- Parish Church
- Founder
- Napoleon (1807)
- Dedication
- Mary Magdalene
- Consecrated
- 24 July 1842
- Functional status
- Active
- Heritage designation
- Monument Historique PA00088812
- Architect
- Pierre-Alexandre Vignon
- Architectural type
- Roman temple
- Style
- Neo-Classical
- Length
- 108 m (354 ft)
- Width
- 43 m (141 ft)
- Archdiocese
- Paris
via Wikipedia infobox
Official website
Sainte Marie-Madeleine à Paris – Paroisse catholique à Paris
lamadeleineparis.fr →Link to the official site · 14,559 chars · not written by Vinony
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- church building
- Named after
- Mary Magdalene
- Religion
- Catholicism
- Country
- France
- Located in
- 8th arrondissement of Paris
- Owned by
- municipality of Paris
- Location
- Paris
- Dedicated to
- Mary Magdalene
- Official website
- lamadeleineparis.fr
- Image
- Eglise de la Madeleine 2024.jpg
- Patron saint
- Mary Magdalene
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- Commons category
- Église de la Madeleine (Paris)
- native label
- Église de la Madeleine
- street address
- 14 rue de Surène, 75008 Paris
- located on street
- place de la Madeleine
- architectural style
- Neoclassical architecture
- inception
- 1845-00-00
- Christian liturgical rite
- Roman Rite
- described by source
- The Nuttall Encyclopædia
- postal code
- 75008
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Encyclopedic overview
The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene (French: église Sainte-Marie-Madeleine [eɡliz sɛ̃t maʁi madlɛn]), less formally called La Madeleine ([la madlɛn]), is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the eighth arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis XV, but work was halted due to the French Revolution. Napoleon Bonaparte had it redesigned in the Neoclassical style to become a monument to the glory of his armies. After his downfall in 1814, construction as a church resumed, but it was not completed until 1842. The building is surrounded on all four sides by Corinthian columns. The interior is noted for its frescoes on the domed ceiling, and monumental sculptures by François Rude, Carlo Marochetti and other prominent 19th-century French artists.
The exterior and interior of the church are undergoing a major project of cleaning and restoration, which began in 2020 and is scheduled for completion in 2024.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “La Madeleine” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.