Panthéon

The Panthéon, in Paris

The Panthéon is a major monument of Paris, which watches with respect over the memory of the great figures of the nation. The Paris audio-guided tour stops here to evoke this neoclassical building of the Latin Quarter, become the mausoleum of illustrious men and women.

The mausoleum of the great figures

Built in the eighteenth century on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the heart of the Latin Quarter, the Panthéon was originally designed as a church, before becoming, at the Revolution, a secular temple dedicated to the memory of the great figures of the nation. This neoclassical monument, recognisable by its immense dome and its columned façade, shelters in its crypt the graves of illustrious men and women, among whom Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Marie Curie or Joséphine Baker. Under its dome also swings the famous Foucault pendulum. It is a place of memory that you visit with respect.

What to see

You admire, with respect, the immense dome and the columned façade, the crypt where the great figures of the nation rest, like Voltaire, Hugo and Marie Curie, and the famous Foucault pendulum. The Panthéon is the mausoleum of the illustrious men and women of Paris. It is a major stop to be discovered with respect.

Practical information

The Panthéon lies on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the Latin Quarter, in Paris, reachable on foot and by public transport. The visit has a fee and follows its own hours, which vary. It is a place of memory: it is best to check the arrangements before coming and to behave there with respect.

Who rests in the Panthéon of Paris?

Illustrious men and women of the nation, among whom Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Marie Curie or Joséphine Baker, in the crypt of this mausoleum of the Latin Quarter.

Where is the Panthéon of Paris?

On the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, in the Latin Quarter, in Paris, in France.