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  2. La Madeleine, Paris - Wikipedia

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    The new church became popular with musicians. The funeral of Chopin at the Church of the Madeleine in Paris was delayed almost two weeks, until 30 October 1849. Chopin had requested that Mozart's Requiem be sung. The Requiem had major parts for female voices, but the Church of the Madeleine had never permitted female singers in its choir.

  3. List of historic churches in Paris - Wikipedia

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    The first church was destroyed by the Vikings and rebuilt. The present church was consecrated in 1163, and is considered the oldest church in Paris. The flying buttresses, from the 12th century, were the first on a Paris church. [18] It was named for Saint Germain, an early Bishop of the city. Saint-Nicolas-des-Champs: 254 rue Saint Martin

  4. The Staggering Beauty of These 10 Paris Churches Will Take ...

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    The Madeleine Church is one of the earliest, large-scale neo-classical buildings to replicate the entire exterior of a Roman temple. Its 52 Corinthian columns, each of which stretches to 20 meters ...

  5. Madeleine cemetery - Wikipedia

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    Madeleine Cemetery [1] (in French known as Cimetière de la Madeleine) is a former cemetery in the 8th arrondissement of Paris and was one of the four cemeteries (the others being Errancis Cemetery, Picpus Cemetery and the Cemetery of Saint Margaret) used to dispose of the corpses of guillotine victims during the French Revolution.

  6. Madeleine - Wikipedia

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    La Madeleine, Paris (Église de la Madeleine), a church in Paris Église de la Madeleine (Besançon) , Doube département , France, a church Cathedral of the Madeleine , Salt Lake City, Utah, United States, a Roman Catholic cathedral

  7. Saint-François-Xavier, Paris - Wikipedia

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    The church takes its name from Saint François Xavier (1506-1582), who was a professor in Paris when he met Ignace de Loyola, the founder of the Jesuit Order in 1553. Inspired by Loyola, he was ordained as priest, and became a foreign missionary, travelling to Italy, India and Japan, and died in Canton, China in 1552.

  8. Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais - Wikipedia

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    The current church was built between 1494 and 1657, on the site of two earlier churches; the facade, completed last, was the first example of the French baroque style in Paris. The organists of the church included Louis Couperin and his nephew François Couperin, two of the most celebrated composers and musicians of the Baroque period; the ...

  9. Saint-Nicolas-du-Chardonnet - Wikipedia

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    Saint-Nicolas du Chardonnet (French pronunciation: [sɛ̃ ni.kɔ.lɑ dy ʃaʁ.dɔ.nɛ]) is a Catholic church in the centre of Paris, France, in the 5th arrondissement. [1] It was constructed between 1656 and 1763.