Church of the Madeleine, Paris

GPTKB entity

Statements (49)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:church
gptkbp:address Place de la Madeleine, 75008 Paris, France
gptkbp:architect gptkb:Pierre-Alexandre_Vignon
gptkb:Pierre_Contant_d'Ivry
gptkbp:architecturalStyle Neoclassical
gptkbp:constructionStartYear 1764
gptkbp:country gptkb:France
gptkbp:dedicatedTo gptkb:Mary_Magdalene
gptkbp:denomination gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:diocese gptkb:Archdiocese_of_Paris
gptkbp:district gptkb:8th_arrondissement_of_Paris
gptkbp:façadeStyle Corinthian columns
gptkbp:height 30 m
gptkbp:heritageDesignation gptkb:Monument_historique
1915
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Church of the Madeleine, Paris
gptkbp:inaugurated gptkb:King_Louis_XVIII
gptkbp:inspiredBy La Madeleine, Brussels
gptkbp:length 108 m
gptkbp:location gptkb:Paris
gptkbp:nearbyLandmark gptkb:Place_de_la_Concorde
gptkb:Boulevard_de_la_Madeleine
gptkbp:notableBurials gptkb:Théodore_Dubois
gptkb:Camille_Saint-Saëns
gptkb:Gabriel_Fauré
gptkb:André_Caplet
gptkb:Jean-Baptiste_Lully
Louis James Alfred Lefébure-Wély
gptkbp:notableEvent gptkb:Funeral_of_Frédéric_Chopin
Funeral of Coco Chanel
gptkbp:notableFeature Greek temple appearance
No transept
Pediment sculpture by Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire
gptkbp:notablePlace Statue of Mary Magdalene by Charles Marochetti
gptkbp:numberOfColumns 52
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:L'église_de_la_Madeleine
gptkbp:organist Camille Saint-Saëns (former)
Gabriel Fauré (former)
Théodore Dubois (former)
gptkbp:organization gptkb:Aristide_Cavaillé-Coll_organ
gptkbp:parish gptkb:Paroisse_de_la_Madeleine
gptkbp:publicTransit gptkb:Madeleine_(Paris_Métro)
gptkbp:status active
gptkbp:usedAs temple to the glory of Napoleon's army (planned, not realized)
gptkbp:website https://www.eglise-lamadeleine.com/
gptkbp:width 43 m
gptkbp:yearCompleted 1842
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Funeral_of_Frédéric_Chopin
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7