Map of Tenochtitlan, Venice, 1524. Reproduced by kind permission of the Syndics of the British Library. Source: H. Cortés, La preclara narratione della Nuoua Hispagna del mare Océano, Venice, 1524.
The roof of La Madeleine a church surrounded by colossal columns in the 8th arrondissement, it was designed as a temple to glorify Napoleon's troops. In 1806, Napoleon ordered it be built - the 'Temple to the Glory of the Great Army.' After the Emperor's days were over, King Louis XVIII decided it should be made into a church dedicated to Mary Magdalene
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