Overview:
Use a combined ticket to gain entrance to both the Conciergerie and Sainte-Chapelle. Explore the stunning architecture and illustrious cultural history of these two special places.
Highlights
- Learn about medieval Paris by seeing the beautiful Conciergerie, where you can also view the stunning architecture of the revolutionary court and the jail where Marie Antoinette is said to have been imprisoned.
- Visit the tombs of French Revolution heroes while admiring Gothic buildings from the 14th century, prison cells, and dungeons.
- Admire the Gothic architecture and magnificent 13th-century stained glass windows of the Sainte-Chapelle at your own pace.
- Learn more about the precious artifacts and relics stored here in the past, including the Crown of Thorns and the Image of Edessa
So, if you visit the Sainte-Chapelle cathedral (noted for its stained glass windows), this is right next door and was even built as part of the Conciergerie. It wraps around the cathedral. The Conciergerie was a prison, and Marie Antoinette was held there for over two months before she was executed. The museum emphasizes a brief period before the revolution and the few years following until The Directories were established for the justice system. It explains how the revolution changed and ended torture/capital punishment over a short period of time.
It’s essentially an add-on to the Sainte-Chapelle. This revolutionary jail where Marie Antoinette was held before trial and execution provides a nice history of of revolutionary detention. It’s a nice, quick visit after the Sainte-Chapelle.
A historic place where prisoners had been housed for centuries — but no longer. Housed, tortured, and this was their last stop before the guillotine. A few cells and guards’ rooms have been done up, but most of what is offered are explanations of the history of the place and its role in French affairs. It’s right next to the splendid Sainte Chapelle.