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
Infamous place, but very important for understanding the history of Paris and France itself. We managed to visit during the special exibition dedicated to Marie Antoanete, probably the most famous captive of this place.
Although just a few days remain, the exhibition on Marie-Antoinette was just fascinating. There are wonderful artifacts on display (including her letter to sister-in-law Elizabeth just before her execution) and a very good study of how the Queen has been portrayed in literature and film over time. She remains an enigma ....
Many people have said to us over the years - “oh no - don’t go on free day - the crowds are horrendous”. Fortunately a lot of people must believe the naysayers. There was a very small ‘crowd’ of about 5 people in the ‘queue’ to enter the Conciergerie. We survived. They had a very well curated exhibition about Marie Antoinette when we visited - as she spent her last weeks a prisoner in the Conciergerie before her fateful date with the guillotine. Fascinating stuff.