1 min walk · Paris 5e Arrondissement
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Historic monument · Paris 5e Arrondissement, Paris
Panthéon
Reviewed by Elena Voss · Roavina Travel Editor
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Opening hours
| Monday | 10:00 – 18:30 |
|---|---|
| Tuesday | 10:00 – 18:30 |
| Wednesday | 10:00 – 18:30 |
| Thursday | 10:00 – 18:30 |
| Friday | 10:00 – 18:30 |
| Saturday | 10:00 – 18:30 |
| Sunday | 10:00 – 18:30 |
Checked 2026-08-31 · Source
Access and facilities
- Accessible toilets · Limited
- Pushchair access · Limited
- Step-free access · Limited
- Toilets · Available
Read from the OpenStreetMap access tags; anything not listed has no tag recorded.
Set the group type to family in the planner and the day window contracts to about three quarters of a solo day.
- Today
- Open today, 10:00 – 18:30
- Visit duration
- 1 hour
- Accessibility
- Partly step-free
- Price
- €0.00 per person
- Standing
- Must see · Heritage site
- Rank
- Rank 15 of 7,605
Place details and sources
This place is a Attraction. It opened in 1781. It was built in the Neoclassical architecture style. It was designed by Maximilien Brébion. It carries the classified historical monument heritage designation. It is run by Centre des monuments nationaux.
- Official website
- www.paris-pantheon.fr Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Address
- Place du Panthéon, 75005 OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Wheelchair access
- Limited OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Admission fee
- Payable OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Building
- Church OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Type of place
- Attraction OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Established
- 1758 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Heritage designation
- classified historical monument Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Architectural style
- Neoclassical architecture Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Religion
- Christian OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Denomination
- Catholic OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Height
- 83 m Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Opened
- 1781 Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Architect
- Jacques-Germain Soufflot, Jean-Baptiste Rondelet OpenStreetMap · Checked 2026-09-09
- Architect
- Maximilien Brébion Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Architect
- Jean-Baptiste Rondelet Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Architect
- Jacques-Germain Soufflot Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
- Operator
- Centre des monuments nationaux Wikidata · Checked 2026-09-09
About Panthéon
The Panthéon was built as a church and finished just in time to stop being one. Louis XV commissioned it in 1755, Jacques-Germain Soufflot designed it, the foundations were laid in 1758 and it was completed in 1790, a year after the Revolution began. In April 1791 the National Constituent Assembly turned it into a national tomb and cut the inscription over the entrance: a grateful nation honours its great men. It is 110 m long, 84 m wide and 83 m high, with a crypt of the same footprint underneath. Open daily 10:00-18:30 April-September and 10:00-18:00 October-March; last entry is 45 minutes before closing. An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit. Open daily 10:00-18:30 April-September and 10:00-18:00 October-March; last entry is 45 minutes before closing. Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket. An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit. RER B Luxembourg or Metro Cardinal Lemoine. Yes. Worship, events, maintenance, weather and security can change ordinary access. No. Special tours, exhibitions and upgrades use separate tickets. Open daily 10:00-18:30 April-September and 10:00-18:00 October-March; last entry is 45 minutes before closing. Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an
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What's inside
A vast empty nave, a pendulum, and eighty-one people in the crypt. As of December 2021 the remains of 81 people — 75 men and six women — had been transferred here. Voltaire came in 1791 and Rousseau in 1794, Victor Hugo in 1885, Marie Curie in 1995, Simone Veil in 2018 and Josephine Baker in 2021. Léon Foucault hung a 67 m pendulum from the dome in 1851 and demonstrated the rotation of the Earth in front of an audience that could watch it happen. Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket. RER B Luxembourg or Metro Cardinal Lemoine.
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How long to spend
An hour and a half, split between the nave and the crypt. The nave is large, bright and largely empty, which is the point — it was stripped of its religious furniture and never filled with anything else. Half an hour there, including the pendulum. The crypt is a grid of vaulted corridors and takes forty-five minutes if you read the inscriptions and fifteen if you do not. The dome colonnade adds half an hour and a climb. An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit.
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Season and crowds
Open daily 10:00-18:30 April-September and 10:00-18:00 October-March; last entry is 45 minutes before closing. RER B Luxembourg or Metro Cardinal Lemoine. An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit. Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket.
Checked 2026-08-31 · Source
Tickets
Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket. The base amount and currency follow the operator tariff; premium products and separate institutions remain excluded unless named. Yes. Worship, events, maintenance, weather and security can change ordinary access.
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Getting there
RER B Luxembourg or Metro Cardinal Lemoine. An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit. Open daily 10:00-18:30 April-September and 10:00-18:00 October-March; last entry is 45 minutes before closing. Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket.
Checked 2026-08-31 · Source
What to watch out for
An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit. Open daily 10:00-18:30 April-September and 10:00-18:00 October-March; last entry is 45 minutes before closing. Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket. An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit. Historic surfaces, crowds and security remain relevant.
Checked 2026-08-31 · Source
Photography
The pendulum is the photograph and it needs a slow shutter to show that it is moving. Standing at the rail with the dome above and the bob at the bottom of its swing is the frame. The nave's scale is hard to convey without a person in it; include one. The crypt is dim, evenly lit and unflattering to flash. The long vaulted corridors with the name-plates receding are better than any single tomb. From outside, the portico with its Corinthian columns faces the Place du Panthéon and takes afternoon light. Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket.
Checked 2026-08-31 · Source
Common questions
What are the regular hours?
Open daily 10:00-18:30 April-September and 10:00-18:00 October-March; last entry is 45 minutes before closing.
What is base admission?
Adult monument admission is EUR 13; rooftop panorama access uses an additional seasonal ticket.
Is the complete route step-free?
An accessible route serves principal lower or public areas, but stairs, historic fabric, crypts or rooftop routes limit the complete circuit.
Which public transport is named?
RER B Luxembourg or Metro Cardinal Lemoine.
Can operations alter access?
Yes. Worship, events, maintenance, weather and security can change ordinary access.
Are premium products included?
No. Special tours, exhibitions and upgrades use separate tickets.
Where it is
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