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The Pantheon
During the French Revolution the Church of Sainte Geneviève was secularized and became a temple dedicated to great statesmen, as reflected by the bas relief sculpture on the pediment, showing France bestowing crowns of laurel with the inscription "From a grateful motherland to the great men of France".
Mirabeau was the first great man to be buried in the Pantheon, which would also become the tomb of Voltaire and Rousseau. The building was restored to its original purpose for a time before being made definitively a temple in 1885 when Victor Hugo was entombed there. Pierre and Marie Curie were the last to be buried in this highly symbolic monument.
Car park :
Rue Soufflot.
Metro :
Line 10: Cardinal Lemoine, Cluny Sorbonne.
RER B: Luxembourg.
Bus :
Line, 21, 27, 38, 82, 89
Train:
Click here for Rail Europe (schedule, fares and booking).
Gare du Nord : Eurostar for London and Thalys for Brussels and Amsterdam

Airports
Getting to and from the hotel from the airport couldn't be simpler; there's a direct train that takes just 30 minutes to either Roissy Charles de Gaulle or Orly airports.
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