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English: The pediment, the dome and the lantern of the Panthéon in Paris. The inscription means "To the great men, the homeland (is) grateful"
The name of the relief is "The Land of Fathers (or Homeland) crowning the illustrious men". "The Liberty" is giving crowns to her, and she distributes to illustrious men, left to right: Bichat, Rousseau, Voltaire, then David (the painter), Cuvier, La Fayette, then Carnot, Berthollet, Laplace, and then Malesherbes, Mirabeau, Monge and Fénelon "History" is writing the names on plaques, and at right one may see Bonaparte conducting anonymous soldiers of all arms, even a veteran, and a young drumboy. Both sides, right and left corners, one may see students of the Ecole Polytechnique, which is a military and scientific academy for cadets officers. Français : Les chapiteaux du portique, le fronton, le dôme et le lanterneau du Panthéon à Paris. La sculpture du fronton s'intitule: La Patrie couronnant les hommes illustres. Au centre, la Patrie reçoit des couronnes des mains de la Liberté, et les donne aux hommes illustres, de gauche à droite on peut reconnaitre : Bichat, Rousseau et Voltaire assis (et se tournant le dos...), puis le peintre David, avec Cuvier et La Fayette, devant eux Carnot, Berthollet, Laplace, et enfin Malesherbes, Mirabeau, Monge et Fénelon. L'Histoire note les noms sur ses tables, et à droite on remarque les soldats anonymes de toutes les armes, avec à leur tête Bonaparte, accompagné du Tambour d'Arcole, et des étudiants de l'Ecole Polytechnique que l'on voit aussi à gauche. |
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| Author | Jebulon for the photograph. Architect of the church: Soufflot . Sculptor of the relief: David d'Angers |
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| current | 22:08, 25 October 2010 | | 5,072 × 3,457 (4.22 MB) | Jebulon | cloning corrections |
| 22:03, 25 October 2010 |  | 5,125 × 3,531 (4.25 MB) | Jebulon | I made the poor thing breathe a little bit more. | |
| 21:16, 22 October 2010 |  | 4,593 × 3,179 (3.67 MB) | Jebulon | {{Information |Description={{en|1=The pediment and the dome of the Panthéon in Paris. }} {{fr|1=Les chapiteaux du portique, le fronton et le dôme du Panthéon à Paris}} |Source={{own}} |Author=Jebulon for the photograph. Architect:Souf |
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