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Preplanned City Guides and Travel Itineraries

The Panthéon

On this page you find practical information, photos and videos about The Panthéon.

The Panthéon features in these preplanned City Guides:

5-day Paris City Guide

Why visit / Interesting facts:

  • Impressive monument
  • Amazing architecture

Time required: 60 minutes

Phone: +33 1 44 32 18 00

Web site: http://pantheon.monument...

Opening hours:

Time period Opening hours
April 1 - September 30: 10am - 6:30pm
October 1 - March 31: 10am - 6pm
Jan 1, May 1 and Dec 25: Closed

Admission:

Ticket type Charge
General: 8 €
Reduced: 5 €
Under 25: Free
Disabled, Unemployed: Free

Public transport:

  • RER B: Luxembourg station

Address: Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris

Things you need to know:

  • The Pantheon is the burial place for important citizens of Paris
  • Voltaire, Rousseau, Emile Zola, Victor Hugo, Marie Curie, Alexandre Dumas lie here
  • It was originally built by Louis XV to celebrate his recovery from a serious disease
  • It intended to look like the Pantheon in Rome
  • It became a public building in 1885
  • The Panthéon houses a Foucault's pendulum, a device that first proved that earth rotates on an axis

What to do there:

  • Visit the basement of the building that is a crypt of famous French writers, statesmen and scientists
  • Make your way to the first floor housing Foucault's Pendulum
  • Climb to the dome galleries for the spectacular panoramic views of Paris

The Panthéon features in these preplanned City Guides: