Panthéon
#7sur 9 lieux à visiter à ParisParis, Île-de-France, France
Aussi appelé Panthéon de Paris
L'essentiel
Horaires d'ouverture : 10:00–18:30 and 10:00–18:00. Entrée : €16. Comptez 1.5 hrs. Meilleure période : 10:00 opening.
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- Horaires d'ouverture
- 10:00–18:00
- 10:00-18:30 (April-September), 10:00-18:00 (October-March)
- Prix d'entrée
- €16
- Billet à partir de
- Durée nécessaire
- 1.5 hrs
- Meilleur moment de la journée
- 10:00 opening
- Meilleurs mois
- Apr – Jun, Sep – Oct
- Adresse
- Place du Panthéon, 75005 Paris
À propos de Panthéon
The Panthéon in Paris holds the remains of 81 people honoured as grands hommes - great figures - of the French Republic, including Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Marie Curie, and Alexandre Dumas, interred beneath a Neoclassical dome modelled on Rome's Pantheon and St Paul's Cathedral in London. Architect Jacques-Germain Soufflot designed the building originally as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, Paris's patron saint, using a then-experimental technique of concealed iron reinforcement within the stone to achieve a dome and portico lighter and more daring than earlier French masonry construction permitted. A reconstruction of Léon Foucault's 1851 pendulum hangs from the dome's centre, demonstrating the Earth's rotation exactly as Foucault's original experiment did on this site, and swings continuously during opening hours.
Meilleur moment de la journée : 10:00 opening. The building draws fewer casual tourists than the Louvre or Eiffel Tower, so crowding is rarely severe, though school groups are common on weekday mornings during term time.
Horaires de Panthéon
- Horaires d'ouverture
- 10:00–18:00
Mon–Sun 10:00–18:30 and 10:00–18:00 - 10:00-18:30 (April-September), 10:00-18:00 (October-March)
- Fermé le
- Ouvert tous les jours
Bon à savoir : Opens at 12:00 on the first Monday of each month; ticket office closes 45 minutes before the building.
Horaires d'ouverture établis à partir de paris-pantheon.fr et de sources publiques, mis à jour le . Ils peuvent changer sans préavis — vérifiez avant de partir. Comment nous rédigeons ces guides
Prix d'entrée de Panthéon
| Billet | Prix |
|---|---|
| Billet standard | €16 |
| Tarif réduit (étudiant / senior) | Gratuit |
| Enfants | Gratuit |
€16 general admission, plus €3.50 on-site for dome (panorama) access, as of 2026. Free for EU/EEA residents under 26 and for children under 16. Verify current pricing and dome availability at the official site, since dome access runs on a reduced schedule.
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Meilleure période pour visiter Panthéon
- Quiet
- Moderate
10:00 - 12:00
Morning OpeningBest time to go
Fewer visitors than most major Paris monuments; occasional school groups on weekday mornings.
Quiet12:00 - 15:00
Midday
Steadiest foot traffic of the day but rarely congested.
Moderate15:00 - 17:00
Afternoon
Crypt corridors remain walkable without significant queuing.
Moderate17:00 - 18:30
Late Afternoon Closing
Quietest window of the day, ideal for an unhurried crypt visit.
Quiet
Histoire de Panthéon
King Louis XV commissioned the building in 1758 after recovering from a serious illness, vowing to replace the crumbling Abbey of Saint Genevieve with a grand new church if he survived; Jacques-Germain Soufflot's design, drawing on Roman and Gothic structural principles combined with an early use of iron reinforcement bars within the stone, began construction in earnest in 1764 but wasn't completed until 1790, after both Louis XV and Soufflot had died.
The Revolutionary National Assembly secularized the newly finished building in 1791, converting it into a mausoleum for citizens deemed to have served the nation with distinction, and it has swung between church and secular mausoleum functions several times since depending on the political character of the government in power - a Bourbon restoration returned it briefly to religious use in the 1820s, for instance. Léon Foucault used the building's height to demonstrate the Earth's rotation in 1851 with his famous pendulum experiment, conducted for Emperor Napoleon III shortly before the building's final conversion to a purely secular mausoleum under the Third Republic in 1885, coinciding with Victor Hugo's state funeral and interment.
Règles et étiquette à Panthéon
Bag checks apply at the entrance but queues are generally short compared with the Louvre or Eiffel Tower. Photography without flash is permitted throughout, including in the crypt where most of the 81 interred figures rest in individual chambers along stone-vaulted corridors.
Dome access, when open, requires a separate timed slot on top of general admission and involves a narrow spiral staircase; it runs on a more limited schedule than the main building and is sometimes suspended for maintenance, so it should not be assumed available without checking in advance.
Conseils pour visiter Panthéon
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The crypt beneath the main hall is easy to underestimate from the nave alone - allow at least 45 minutes to walk its full corridor length, since the chambers holding Voltaire, Rousseau, and Marie Curie sit in different wings some distance apart. Marie Curie remains the only woman interred on her own scientific merit rather than as a spouse, a fact the on-site panels address directly.
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The Panthéon sits at the high point of the Left Bank's Latin Quarter, a short walk from the Luxembourg Gardens and the Sorbonne, making it a natural pairing with an unhurried afternoon in that neighbourhood rather than a rushed single stop.
Comment se rendre à Panthéon
Place du Panthéon, 75005 ParisItinéraire sur Google Maps
Depuis Paris-Orly (ORY)
14 km · 35-45 min
€13.60
Depuis Gare du Nord
5 km · 15-20 min
€2.15
Depuis Gare de Lyon
4 km · 20 min
€2.15
Aéroport le plus proche
Depuis Paris-Orly (ORY)
14 km, approximately 35-45 minutes via RER B.
Gare la plus proche
Depuis Luxembourg (RER B) or Cardinal Lemoine (Métro Line 10), both roughly 500m from the entrance.
FAQ — Panthéon
Who is buried in the Panthéon in Paris?
81 people honoured as grands hommes of the French Republic, including Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, and Marie Curie, who remains the only woman interred on her own scientific merit rather than as a spouse.
Is the Foucault pendulum in the Panthéon the original?
No, it is a reconstruction of Léon Foucault's 1851 experiment, which he originally conducted at this site to demonstrate the Earth's rotation. It hangs from the dome and swings continuously during opening hours.
Was the Panthéon always a mausoleum?
No. Jacques-Germain Soufflot originally designed it as a church dedicated to Saint Genevieve, completed in 1790. The Revolutionary government secularized it into a mausoleum the following year, and it has switched between religious and secular use several times since, settling permanently as a mausoleum in 1885.
Does Panthéon admission include the dome?
No. General admission is €16 as of 2026; the dome (panorama) requires an additional €3.50 on-site and runs on a separate, more limited schedule that can be suspended for maintenance.
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