Pantheon Paris

[Pantheon Paris @ParisPantheon]

@2019_athena @2019_ares Human beings are complex: they must constantly choose between good and evil. By worshipping the immortal gods of antiquity, man wanted to face his own death. Since then, monotheism has allowed him to believe in one God, Source of eternal salvation.✝️☪️✡️

[Pantheon Paris @ParisPantheon]

@2019_athena @2019_ares You embodied Wisdom, Science, Arts, values we cherish. But today, all its values are reflected in our daily lives, diluted in our modern lifestyles. You Gods have made men aware of their strengths and weaknesses. You continue to exist through these two facets.

[Pantheon Paris @ParisPantheon]

@2019_ares @2019_athena Men are weak. They let themselves be carried away by their greed, jealousy or ego. They do not worship war as such because it is a means, not an end for them.

[Pantheon Paris @ParisPantheon]

@2019_athena @2019_ares Times have changed. Men have taken their destiny into their own hands. Above all, they seek to apply the principle of democracy, inherited from Antiquity.

[Pantheon Paris @ParisPantheon]

@2019_ares @2019_athena Our ancestors, humanists, probably thought that a monument dedicated to the devotion of the Gods could now be used for the devotion of the greatest women and men.

[Pantheon Paris @ParisPantheon]

@2019_athena @2019_ares What we worship above all in this temple are values such as justice, righteousness, loyalty, solidarity, empathy, etc. No need for gods to embody these virtues.

[Pantheon Paris @ParisPantheon]

@2019_ares @2019_athena We are the temple where the Great Men of the French Republic are buried. We are home to the Women and Men who are the pride of France.