9 Stop 9 of 10 on The Postcard Tour

The Pantheon

Paris, Paris

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"That building with the enormous dome and the Corinthian columns — that's the Pantheon. Eighty-three meters tall. A hundred columns inside. And the worst identity crisis of any building in Europe. It was built in the seventeen fifties as a church. Then the Revolution turned it into a secular mausoleum. Then Napoleon turned it back into a church. Then it became secular again. Then a church again."

Hear the full story in the app — narrated and timed to play right where you're standing.

The Reveal

This stop is part of the tour’s larger story. An optional reveal at the end lets you revisit which details stayed perfectly honest and which got a little extra help.

Hear the full story at The Pantheon

This is just one of 10 stops on the The Postcard Tour tour. Download the app, put in your headphones, and experience it for real.

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