Expiatory Chapel
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Description
Close to Haussmann Boulevard and the excitement of the Galeries Lafayette and the Printemps, hides an architectural wonder** in a neo-classical style.
A chapel to remember
The Expiatory Chapel, located in Louis XVI Square, remains one of the most original religious buildings in Paris. Requested by Louis XVIII, this chapel was built in 1815 in memory of his brother Louis XVI and his wife Queen Marie-Antoinette, guillotined in 1793 on Place Royale, now Place de la Concorde**. It was on this land, which also served as a mass grave during the darkest hours of the French Revolution, that their remains were buried. If the tortured bodies are now buried in the Basilica of Saint-Denis, north of Paris, this place is nevertheless full of emotion and memories.
Inside the building, under a dome and vaults of rare beauty, Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette still appear to be watching over the site. On the pedestal of the king's statue is engraved his will written before his execution, while the last letter written to Mrs Elisabeth, the king's sister, can be read on the pedestal of the statue of Marie-Antoinette. The altar visible in the crypt is an invitation to meditation. It was erected at the exact place where the king was buried.
A haven of peace and a page of French history to discover in the heart of Paris.
Don't miss the Pass Marie-Antoinette to discover 4 emblematic sites in Paris Region that marked the queen’s destiny !
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Access and contact
Metro : Saint-Lazare (Lines 3, 12, 13 et 14) RER A - Auber Bus : 32, 43, 49, 84, 94
Days and opening hours
From 01/01 to 31/12/2023. Closed Monday and Sunday. Closed exceptionally on January 1st, May 1st and December 25th. From 1st April to 30th September 10am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 6.30pm Closed on Sunday and Monday
From 1st October to 31st March 10am - 12.30pm and 1.30pm - 5pm Closed Sunday, Monday, Tuesday
Last admission to the monument 30 minutes before closing time.
Prices
- Full price: 6 €.
Free entry for children < 26 years, disabled people and accompanying persons. Group rate available for > 20 people.
Free for : -18-25 years old (European Union citizens and regular residents non-euopeans on European Union territory) - For all, every first sunday of the month from 1st of October to 31st of May
Paris Museum Pass accepted: free access
Bulk tickets (from 20 tickets purchased): 5€ Pass Marie-Antoinette: 20€ (pass which allows access to 4 sites in Ile-de-France related to Marie-Antoinette: the Château de Rambouillet, the Conciergerie, the Chapelle Expiatoire and the Basilique de Saint-Denis)
Group bookings are required.
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Spoken languages
- English
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- French
Guided tour languages
- German
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Dutch
- Russian
Documentation languages (home)
- German
- English
- Spanish
- French
- Italian
- Dutch
- Russian
Single mean time tour
30 minsSingle services tour
- Unguided individual tours available permanently
- Copyright image:
- Benjamin Gavaudo / Centre des monuments nationaux