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LBY4596798: Eglise de la Madeleine, Place de la Madeleine, Paris 8th arrondissement. The construction of the Madeleine lasted almost a century. Subject to political aleas, it was finally Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) who entrusted Pierre Vignon (1763-1828) with the task of building an ancient temple dedicated to his military glory. Only the Restoration gave the Church of Saint Mary Magdalene its religious vocation (1842). / Bridgeman Images