Former royal palace and prison, la Conciergerie is located on the Île de la Cité, in the 4th arrondissement. Antechamber to the guillotine during the French Revolution.
Famous prisoners: Queen Marie Antoinette, the poet André Chénier, Charlotte Corday, Madame Élisabeth, Madame du Barry…
Today, national historical monument, with Marie Antoinette’s cell top attraction.

Located in the 1st arrondissement, the Palais Royal was originally, residence of Cardinal Richelieu, then, of Louis XIII, Anne of Austria, Cardinal Mazarin and the Orléans. Today, houses the Conseil d’État, the Constitutional Council, and the Ministry of Culture.

The Palais Bourbon, a palace located on the left bank of the Seine, across from the Place de la Concorde, is the seat of the French National Assembly, the lower legislative chamber of the French government. The palace was originally built (1722-1728) for the legitimised daughter of Louis XIV and Françoise-Athénaïs, marquise de Montespan – Louise-Françoise de Bourbon. During the French Revolution the Palais Bourbon was nationalized.

The Pantheon is  a mausoleum for prominent Frenchmen (Voltaire, Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Alexandre Dumas, Émile Zola, Marie Curie, Jean Monnet…). It is located in the Latin Quarter, 5th arrondissement, on the Montagne Sainte-Geneviève, near the Jardin du Luxembourg. Modeled on the Pantheon in Rome and commissioned by King Louis XV in 1744.

Stands in the centre of the Place Charles de Gaulle (Place de l’Étoile). Located at the western end of the Champs-Élysées, 8th arrondissement. Built in 1806 after the victory at Austerlitz by Emperor Napoleon. Beneath the Arc is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier from the First World War.