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Le PantheonLe Pantheon stands at the heart of Quartier Latin, the lively and intellectual traditional Paris student district, with among other institutions the Sorbonne University and College de France. The massive 83 meter high Dome of Le Pantheon towers from the top of 61 meter high Sainte Genevieve hill on the Seine river left bank. |
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History of Le PantheonLe Pantheon was built as a church between 1764 and 1790. During the 1789 french revolution, shortly after its construction, le Pantheon was turned into a memorial to illustrious Frenchmen. Le Pantheon now houses among others the remains of Pierre and Marie Curie, the physicists who discovered radioactivity, Voltaire, Rousseau and Victor Hugo, three famous French writers and philosophers. |
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Visit Le Pantheon in ParisLe Pantheon stands in the middle of the Pantheon Square (Place du Pantheon). The closest Paris metro station from Le Pantheon is Luxembourg on RER B. To conveniently visit the Pantheon, we recommend you to buy a museum pass in advance. Le Pantheon can also be seen on a Paris left bank walking tour. |