Pagode de Vincennes
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Jean Sainteny
Jean Sainteny or Jean Roger was a French politician who was sent to Vietnam after the end of the Second World War in order to accept the surrender of the Japanese forces and to attempt to reincorporate Vietnam into French Indochina.- Biography :The son-in-law of the prime minister Albert Sarraut,...
who was the manager of the institute. It is located in a former building of the exposition coloniale de 1931, designed by the architect Louis-Hippolyte Boileau
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau
Louis-Hippolyte Boileau was a French architect.Grandson of Louis-Auguste Boileau and son of Louis-Charles Boileau , Louis-Hippolyte studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris under Gaston Redon...
. On this 8 000 m² site on the edge of the lac Daumesnil
Lac Daumesnil
Lac Daumesnil is a lake in Paris, France. Its surface area is 0.12 km²...
are located two buildings of remarkable architecture. The most important one, the former house of Cameroon
Cameroon
Cameroon, officially the Republic of Cameroon , is a country in west Central Africa. It is bordered by Nigeria to the west; Chad to the northeast; the Central African Republic to the east; and Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of the Congo to the south. Cameroon's coastline lies on the...
, was restored in 1977 and transformed in a pagoda as a place of worship. The second is the former house of Togo
Togo
Togo, officially the Togolese Republic , is a country in West Africa bordered by Ghana to the west, Benin to the east and Burkina Faso to the north. It extends south to the Gulf of Guinea, on which the capital Lomé is located. Togo covers an area of approximately with a population of approximately...
is slated for restoration by the City of Paris. It will contain a library for texts on the various Buddhist traditions.
The Pagode de Vincennes is used by Buddhist schools of the Parisian region and has not any religious leader. The pagoda is a place of common worship; it shelters the biggest Buddha
Buddha
In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...
of Europe, covered with gold leaf and measuring, including its seat, more than 9 meters high. The Pagode hosts relics of the historical Buddha since 2008.
A Tibetan buddhist temple named Kagyu-Dzong
Kagyu-Dzong
The Kagyu-Dzong center is a Buddhist center in Paris, affiliated to the Karma Kagyu school of Tibetan Buddhism. This center is linked to the 17th Karmapa, Orgyen Trinley Dorje...
exists in front of the Pagode de Vincennes.