La Madeleine

Paris · Landmark

The Church of Saint Mary Magdalene, less formally called La Madeleine, is a Catholic parish church on Place de la Madeleine in the eighth arrondissement of Paris. It was planned by Louis XV as the focal point of the new Rue Royal, leading to the new Place Louis XV, the present Place de la Concorde. It was dedicated in 1764 by Louis XV, but work was halted due to the French Revolution.

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Country: Paris · Landmark
Latitude: 48.87° N
Longitude: 2.32° E

Which way is La Madeleine from…

From London, La Madeleine lies at 148° to the south-east, 341 km as the crow flies.

London	148° south-east	341 km
New York	54° north-east	5,835 km
Madrid	25° north-east	1,053 km
Rome	318° north-west	1,108 km
Montreal	57° north-east	5,503 km
Saint-Denis, Réunion	328° north-west	9,367 km

Bearings as the crow flies (great circle), measured from north. From somewhere else, the bearing changes: that’s the whole game.

Oùcécap’s take

Seen from the Palais Bourbon, the Place de la Concorde and La Madeleine share the same bearing, 25°, north-east: the square is 0.4 km away, the church 1 km. So from the Concorde, La Madeleine sits straight behind, at 26°, 0.5 km. And from the Montparnasse Tower it is due north, at 3°, 3.1 km away.