MADELEINE, CHURCH OF THE

MADELEINE, CHURCH OF THE
   one of the principal and wealthiest churches in Paris, erected in the style of a Greek temple, and the building of which, began in 1764, was not finished till 1842, both the interior and exterior of which has been adorned by the most distinguished artists.

The Nuttall Encyclopaedia. . 1907.

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