By Louis-Hippolyte Boileau, built 1931.
The Pagode du bois de Vincennes is the seat of l'Union Bouddhiste de France founded by Jean Sainteny who was the manager of the Institut International Bouddhique. It is located in a former building of the International Colonial Exposition of 1931, designed by the architect Louis-Hippolyte Boileau. On this 8 000 m2 site on the edge of the lac Daumesnil are located two buildings of remarkable architecture. The largest, the former pavilion of Cameroon, was restored in 1977 and transformed in a pagoda and a place of worship. The second is the former pavilion of Togo is slated for restoration by the City of Paris. It will contain a library for texts on the various Buddhist traditions.
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