TEC4622632: The gargoyles of the Hotel de Cluny in Paris. One of the most beautiful monuments of medieval civil architecture in Paris elevated to the iniative of the Abbes of Cluny by Jacques d'Amboise (around 1440 or 1450-1516), brother of the cardinal minister. Restores after the ransacks of the Revolution, it now houses collections of sculptures and art objects from the Middle Ages. Renovated since 1991, the National Museum of the Middle Ages Thermes de Cluny. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4622658: The Pantheon in Paris. Construction 1757-1790, architect Jacques Germain Soufflot (1713-1780). In 1744 Louis XV, suffering from a serious illness in Metz, would wish to erect an immense church instead of the abbey of Sainte Genevieve, which was then in ruins. When the war came, he kept his word and assigned the architect Soufflot the task of drawing the plans of the monument. A great admirer of Greek Roman architecture, he imagined a gigantic building, built on a plan of Greek cross 110 metres long, 84 metres wide and 83 metres high. At the time, the project seemed so insane that many, in the court and in the salons of the capital, would question Soufflot's abilities and prevent the collapse of the monument. Louis XV confirmed his confidence in the architect and laid the foundation stone in 1764 during a grand ceremony. In 1806, the Pantheon, like all the churches in France closed during the revolution, was restored to its original name of Sainte Genevieve church. Renamed Pantheon in 1830, the building regained its vocation as a laique and patriotic temple. Headquarters to the insurgents of the Commune in 1871, during which Milliere was shot on the steps, the building was definitively transformed into a Republican monument in 1885, during the funeral of Victor Hugo. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4615550: Convent of Recollets, 150-154 rue du Faubourg Saint Martin, Paris 10th. Built in 1604, the convent was abandoned for many years. Rehabilitates an international reception centre for artists, researchers, intellectuals and academics since 2004. There are eighty one furniture dwellings and workshops dwellings available to them. The Centre also houses the Maison de l'Architecture of France and a cultural animation association. Photography 2005. / Bridgeman Images
TEC4615556: Convent of Recollets, 150-154 rue du Faubourg Saint Martin, Paris 10th. Built in 1604, it was abandoned for many years. Rehabilitates, since 2004, an international reception centre for artists, researchers, intellectuals and academics. There are eighty one furniture dwellings and workshops dwellings available to them. The Centre also houses the Maison de l'Architecture of France and a cultural animation association. Photography 2005. / Bridgeman Images