Description
Explore the exceptional Gothic rooms of this medieval Royal palace, later a Revolutionary court and the prison of Marie-Antoinette.
The Salle des Gardes (Guards Room) and the immense Salle des Gens d’armes (Hall of the soldiers), built under Philippe le Bel, ‘Philip the Fair’, still remain from the days of the medieval palace, as do the kitchens built under Jean le Bon ‘John the Good’. The Kings of France abandoned the palace at the end of the 14th century to settle in the Louvre and in Vincennes. It then took on a judicial role, and part of the palace was converted into prison cells. The Conciergerie became one of the principal places of detention during the French Revolution, with the installation of the Revolutionary Court. Its most famous prisoner was Marie-Antoinette. During the Restoration, a commemorative chapel was erected on the site of her cell.
The Salle des Gardes (Guards Room) and the immense Salle des Gens d’armes (Hall of the soldiers), built under Philippe le Bel, ‘Philip the Fair’, still remain from the days of the medieval palace, as do the kitchens built under Jean le Bon ‘John the Good’. The Kings of France abandoned the palace at the end of the 14th century to settle in the Louvre and in Vincennes. It then took on a judicial role, and part of the palace was converted into prison cells. The Conciergerie became one of the principal places of detention during the French Revolution, with the installation of the Revolutionary Court. Its most famous prisoner was Marie-Antoinette. During the Restoration, a commemorative chapel was erected on the site of her cell.
Architectural style
- Gothique
Collections
- Architecture
- Documents
- Histoire
- Techniques
- Textiles
Epoque des collections
- Byzance (IVe - XVe)
- Moyen Age (Ve - XVe)
- Gothique (XIIe - XVe)
Services
Services and facilities of the establishment
- Educational activities
- Gift shop
- Bookshop
- Member of the Paris Museum Pass
- Car park/Parking
- Coach park
Documentation in a foreign language
- English
- German
- Spanish
- Italian
- Portuguese
- Dutch
- Russian
- Japanese
- Chinese
Educational activities
Heritage workshops for school groups. From 7 years and up. Tel: +33 (0)1 53 40 60 85 / Fax: +33 (0)1 53 40 60 90.Combined tickets
Combined ticket with the Sainte-Chapelle: €17 / €15 (concessions); Combined ticket with the Histopad €22Coach park
Behind Notre-Dame Cathedral (chevet).Prices and times
Entrance fees and modalities
Independent tour
Full price: €11,50. Combined ticket with the Sainte-Chapelle: €18,50. Visit with Histopad: €5: Marie-Antoinette Pass : €26 (includ access to Basilique cathédrale de Saint-Denis, Chapelle expiatoire, Conciergerie and Château de Rambouillet)
Group tour
€7,5; Reservation by email only at: resailedelacite@monuments-nationaux.frFree
Free entry on the first Sunday of the month from November to March. Free for under 18s, EU residents aged 18-25 and primary and secondary school teachers. Free for disabled visitors and an accompanying person, as well as job seekers and those on French welfare benefits.
Free for young people and children
Under 18sMethods of payment
- CB/Visa
- Eurocard/Mastercard
Opening times
Every day 10.30am-6.30pm
Exceptional opening
- 1 January
- Easter
- Easter Monday
- Ascension Day
- 8 May
- Whitsuntide
- Whit Monday
- 14 July
- 15 August
- 1 November
- 11 November
Events
Contact
Voir la carte
-
Subway - Cité
-
RER - Saint-Michel - Notre-Dame
-
Bus - 21, 27, 38, 58, 85
Disability
Offer adapted to disabled visitors
-
Hearing
-
Mental
-
Visual
Access facilities
- Adapted activities and visits
- Free admission for disabled visitors on presentation of proof
- Free admission for the accompanying person
Accessibility information
- Physical disability: not accessible to visitors in wheelchairs (14-step staircase to enter monument, then several series of steps throughout the visit). No adapted toilets.
- Visual impairment: adapted visits and workshops.
- Hearing impairment: visits in French Sign Language are organized by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
- Mental disability: adapted visits and workshop
Find out all you need to know about accessibility in France's National Monuments www.handicap.monuments-nationaux.fr
You can download the brochure presenting the various tours on offer for disabled people in the 12 national monuments in Paris and the Paris region by visiting the 'Contacts par Région' tab.
Contact : handicapidf@monuments-nationaux.fr
- Visual impairment: adapted visits and workshops.
- Hearing impairment: visits in French Sign Language are organized by the Centre des Monuments Nationaux
- Mental disability: adapted visits and workshop
Find out all you need to know about accessibility in France's National Monuments www.handicap.monuments-nationaux.fr
You can download the brochure presenting the various tours on offer for disabled people in the 12 national monuments in Paris and the Paris region by visiting the 'Contacts par Région' tab.
Contact : handicapidf@monuments-nationaux.fr
Customer reviews
Extend your search
Monument in the same district: Notre-Dame - Île Saint-Louis
Monument in the same arrondissement: 1st arrondissement
Monument in Paris and in the Paris Region: Monument
