Panthéon
Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris
Metro : Luxembourg or Cardinal Lemoine
Website – tel : 01 44 32 18 00
Price: €16. Free for EU citizens under 26 years old (free for non-EU citizens under 16 years old).
Opening times:
April through September: 10 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. ;
October through March: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
The Colonnade is open from April to October.
Tour with audio-guide in 11 languages. Price: €4. Guided tours available
A certified ‘‘Tourism and Handicap’’ location.
Classified as a National Monument.
The Panoramic Dome: I highly recommend climbing to the dome’s colonnade, available from April to October; it offers a breathtaking 360-degree panorama of the city, providing one of the most unique vantage points to see the Eiffel Tower and the Latin Quarter from above.
“To great men, a grateful homeland” is the motto inscribed on the pediment of this monumental building, which combines Greek and Gothic architectural styles.
This imposing civic temple built under Louis XV was originally a basilica dedicated to Saint Genevieve, but just as it was being completed, the Revolution gave it a different destiny.
Transformed in 1791 into a mausoleum and finally consecrated as the National Pantheon in 1885 at the funeral of Victor Hugo (named after the square on which it is located), it houses 75 men and 6 women.
For example: the tombs of Pierre and Marie Curie, Alexandre Dumas, Jean Jaurès, André Malraux, Jean Moulin, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Voltaire… and more recently those of Simone and Antoine Veil, Joséphine Baker, Mélinée and Missak Manouchian.
In the crypt, an exhibition presents the life and work of those buried there.
My Tip: To explore history, this is the experience I suggest.