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fembliifg marble, and enriched with much gilding. At 
the bottom of the fanCtuary is a Glory, which has a«plea- 
ling and even fublime effeCt. 
In the Chapel of the Communion is a noble painting 
of the Pilgrims at Emmaus, by Coypel. The chapels in 
the tranfept contain fome interelfing paintings; particu¬ 
larly St. Merry, byVouet; the Virgin and Infant Jefus, 
and St. Charles, by Carlo Vanloo ; and St. Peter by Redout. 
On the left is a defcent which conducts to a fubterranean 
chapel. i : 
Eglise de la Madelaine, Rue Royale.—This church 
which was to have been named “ The Temple of Glory,” 
and dedicated to thofe who died while fighting their coun¬ 
try’s battles, was begun before the Revolution, then ta¬ 
ken down, and afterwards reltored. It is mentioned here 
on account of its fingular form, and bad architecture. It 
refembles a tower, furmounted by a fpherical dome fixty- 
two feet in diameter. The cupola forms an unpleafing 
termination to the tower; and, when viewed from the 
top, its height gives it more the appearance of a well, 
than a fkilfully proportioned building. 
St. Eustache, Rarifli Church of the Third Munici¬ 
pality.—This vaft edifice offers a ftrange mixture of the 
Arabian and Greek architecture. The columns which 
fupport the interior are altogether without proportion. 
When the traveller compares their lightnefs with their 
height, he trembles left they ftiould yield to the fuperin- 
cumbent weight. The front is of modern architecture. 
It confifts of the Ionic and Doric orders above each other, 
crowned in the centre by a fmall triangular pediment, 
with (formerly) two fquare towers at the extremities. 
One of thefe towers is now demolifhed. This church 
fuffered much from revolutionary anarchy; but moft of 
its valuable paintings and fculptures have been reftored. 
Abe aye du Val de Grace, Suburb of St. James.— 
This edifice, once appropriated to religious worftiip, is 
now converted into an hofpital-magazine. The pecu¬ 
liar beauty of the ItruCture is, however, carefully prefer¬ 
red. The marble pavement, and the paintings of the 
dome by Mignard, are uninjured. Thefe laft conftitute 
the nobleft work in frefco which France poflefles. They 
contain more than 200 cololfal figures, reprefenting the 
glory of the faints in heaven. Moliere has celebrated 
this performance of Mignard in a poem written exprefsly 
on the fubjeCt. 
The edifice was deftined to contain the hearts of the 
royal family of France, and particularly thofe of the 
lioufe of brleans, while their bodies refted in the cathe¬ 
dral of St. Denis. A beautiful enclofure in the chapel 
of the dome formerly contained more than thirty of thefe 
precious relics. 
St. Francois Xavier, or the Church of the Foreign 
Miftionaries; Rue de Bac.—-The cure of this church is 
the fuperior of the feminary for the education of perfons 
intended to fpread the knowledge of the Gofpel among 
the Indians. The building contains nothing remarkable 
but a fine painting, by Carlo Vanloo, reprefenting the 
Adoration of the Magi. 
La Soreonne. —This chapel is degraded into an hof- 
pital. It was once much celebrated for its magnificence, 
but it is now rapidly becoming a mafs of ruins. 
St. Roch, Parilli Church of the Twelfth Municipality. 
—This edifice was begun by Mercier, in 1673, and not 
finidied until 1736. The portico is compofed of two or¬ 
ders of architecture, the Doric and Corinthian, fupport- 
ing a triangular pediment, and is remarkable for its 
lightnefs and limplicity. In the interior of the church, 
a richnefs and lightnefs of ornament, almoft theatrical, 
are fubftitutedin the room of that grave and majefticftyle 
which ftiould characterize a place of religious worftiip. 
.Being placed in a part of the city principally inhabited by 
rich citizens, it was gradually filled with fculptures and 
pointings. It fuffered much during the frenzy of the Re¬ 
volution, and has not yet recovered its former fplendour. 
Behind the choir are three chapels. The firft, dedica¬ 
ted to the Virgin, is of a circular form, and its cupola or¬ 
namented by a magnificent painting in frefco, by Pierre : 
the Virgin appears to be furrounded by four diftind com¬ 
panies, confiding of the Patriarchs, the Prophets, the 
Holy Women of the Old Teftament, and the Apoftles 
and Martyrs of the New’ Covenant. The fpeClator deeply 
regrets the injuries which this fublime compofition lias 
received, the unity, arrangement, and execution, of 
which excite his warmeftpraife. The cupola of the fecond 
chapel defcribes the Triumphs of Religion, to which it 
is dedicated. Two fmall portals conduCt to the third 
chapel, vvliofe folemn ftyle of architecture, whofe obfcu- 
rity, and the fombre tint of the walls, are calculated to 
imprefs the mind with religious awe. It contains a fine 
painting of the Crucifixion. The light falling on it from 
above, gives it a w'onderful effeCt, and fingularly con- 
trafts it with the cavernous darknefs of the chapel. 
This church contains feveral other chapels. One on 
the right, covered with black marble fpotted with white 
tears, announces that it was defigned to receive the afhes 
of the dead. The philofopher Maupertuis lies here, with 
the celebrated Lenoftre, to whom the principal gardens 
in France are indebted for all their beauty. The two fta- 
tuaries, Augier, likewife repofein this afylum. To each 
of thefe a fimple monument is ereCted ; while the ftranger 
is unable to reprefs his aftoniftiment that not the flighted: 
infcription records the talents of Corneille, who (lumbers 
by the fide of the painter Mignard. The fteps and pillars 
of the portal bear the frightful impreflion of numerous 
mufket and cannon balls, which were directed againft 
the citizens of Paris on the fatal 13th of Vendemaire. 
St. Philippe du Roule, Parifti of St. Madelaine.— 
This church will pleafe from its fimplicity, and its refem- 
blance to the edifices of the ancient Ghriftians. The por¬ 
tal is compofed of four columns of the Doric order, fur- 
mounted by a triangular pediment. At the extremity of 
the periftyles are two chapels, dedicated to the Virgin and 
St. Philip, which were defigned to fupport two towers. 
The arches of the roof are of wood, but painted in fuch 
clofe imitation of ftone, that they cannot poflibly be dif- 
tinguiftied from it. 
St. Nicolas du Chardonnet, Rue St. Victor.—This 
otherw'ife-pleafing church prefents a ftrangely-unfiniftied 
appearance, from the want of a portal. It was richly de¬ 
corated with the paintings of Lebrun, whofe tomb con- 
Ititutes its principal ornament. 
St. Jacoues du Haut Pas, Rue St. Jacques.—This 
church was built on the ruins of an ancient chapel, by 
Anne of Bourbon, duchefs of Longueville, in 1684. 
Her heart was interred here. The afhes of the celebrated 
Caflini, and of the virtuous Cochin, the cure of this parifti, 
who fold all his property, and even his library, to found 
an hofpital for his indigent parilhioners, repofehere. 
St. Genevieve, Rue St. Jacques.—The church of St. 
Genevieve was begun in the year 1764. It is in the form 
of a crofs, 340 feet long, and 250 broad. The portal, in 
imitation of that of the Pantheon at Rome, confifts of a 
noble periftyle of twenty-two Corinthian columns. Each 
column is five feet and a half in diameter, and fifty-eight 
in height. The flowers of the chapitersare highly finifhed. 
Thefe columns form a fpacious porch, 112 feet in length, 
and 36 deep, crowned with a grand bas-relief, fculptured 
by Couftou. It is ornamented by four coloflal ftatues, 
producing an impofing and grand effect. The front of 
the building within the porch unites the mafculine air of 
the Gothic with the beauty of the Grecian architecture. 
The interior confifts of four naves, decorated with 130 
Corinthian columns, fupporting an entablature, which 
ferves as a bafement to the galleries, fkirted with ftone 
balluftrades. Above rifes a lofty dome, refembling a 
circular temple, formed of fifty-two pillars, each fifty- 
four feet high, fupported by a circular bafement which 
rifes above an octangular fub-bafement. This dome is 
furmounted by another fmaller; which, not being termi¬ 
nated by any figure or ornament, has a rather unpleafing 
appearance. 
