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In 1744, King Louis the Fifteenth decided to replace the abbey church, then in poor condition. An immense abbey church over the old crypt was built, to designs by Jacques-Germain Soufflot; in part rebuilt, it serves today as the Panthéon. The Abbey of Saint Genevieve was remaned as the Panthéon due to the French Revolution, and the secularization of religion once the revolution started. The Panthéon was constructed with a united lightness of construction of Gothic churches with the purity and magnificance of Greek architecture. The remoldeling of the Abbey of Saint Genevieve was completed right after the French Revolution started in 1790. Architect, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, died in 1789 and his pupil, Jean-Baptiste Rondelet completed the Panthéon in his absence. The abbey church was devastated during the French Revolution. The architectural lanterns and bells were removed the facade. All of the religious friezes and statues were destroyed in 1791, to be it replaced by statuary and murals on patriotic themes. [6] The relics of Saint Geneviève were burnt; what could be salvaged were placed at Saint-Étienne-du-Mont.

References LeBeurre, Alexia, The Patheon- Temple of the Nation (2000), p. 3 Peyré, Yves, La bibliothèque Sainte-Geneviève À travers les siècles (2011), pg. 12 Peyré, p. 16. Allaria, Anthony. "Abbey of Sainte-Geneviève." The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol. 13. New York: Robert Appleton Company, 1912. 20 July 2019 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. "About the Augustinian Canons". Archived from the original on 4 November 2009. Retrieved 2009-10-16. Lebeurre, Alexia (2011). The Pantheon - Temple of the Nation. Paris: Éditions du Patrimoie. ISBN 978-2-858-223435.(2000) pg. 17 "Historical account" Saint-Etienne-du-Mont

Architecture
The new Abbey had construction started in 1755. The newly constructed Abbey includes tall corinthian columns and an imposing dome. The floor plan has the nave, choir and both transepts of equal proportion making it a Greek cross floor plan, and the dome is held up by concealed flying buttresses and light vaulting produced via stone. It could be said that the Abbey of Saint Genivieve was influenced by St. Peter's Basilica, and St. Paul's Cathedral. Architect, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, didnt like the baroque style so that put him at Neoclassicsm.

Architeture The new Abbey had construction started in 1755. The newly constructed Abbey includes tall corinthian columns and an imposing dome. The floor plan has the nave, choir and both transepts of equal proportion making it a Greek cross floor plan, and the dome is held up by concealed flying buttresses and light vaulting produced via stone. It could be said that the Abbey of Saint Genivieve was influenced by St. Peter's Basilica, and St. Paul's Cathedral. Architect, Jacques-Germain Soufflot, didnt like the baroque style so that put him at Neoclassicsm.