After the parks and gardens, the terraces of restaurants and bars, culture continues its deconfinement in Paris. As we know, the reopening of more than a hundred museums, sites and monuments managed by the Center des Monuments Nationaux (CMN) throughout France, from the Arc de Triomphe to the Abbey of Mont-Saint-Michel, is spread out between the beginning of June and mid-July, said its president Philippe Bélaval on May 12.
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June 15 is therefore an important day because the CMN teams are continuing this reopening to the public, in particular with that of five great symbolic monuments, such as the Arc de Triomphe, the Conciergerie, the Pantheon, the Château de Vincennes or the Palace from Tokyo ...
1) The Arc de Triomphe
Symbol of national unity the Arc de Triomphe, the reopening of the Arc de Triomphe is a bit of a symbol. Like a scent of renaissance for France after the terrible health crisis experienced by the French. Kenzo TRIBOUILLARD / AFP
Symbol of national unity, the Arc de Triomphe was regularly the rallying point for major historical events (return of the Ashes of Napoleon 1st, the funeral of Victor Hugo…). A place of memory and homage to the fallen soldiers for France, it shelters the body of the unknown soldier and every day at 6.30 p.m. veterans revive the Flame of Remembrance. Being able to enter it again is a bit of a symbol. Like a scent of renaissance for France after the terrible health crisis experienced by the French. The Arc de Triomphe, which usually welcomes 4,000 people every day, will only allow entry to a thousand visitors.
Place Charles de Gaulle (17th).
2) The Conciergerie
For its deconfinement, the Conciergerie announces a reopening with new opening and closing times: daily from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. LOIC VENANCE / AFP
Medieval residence of the Kings of France which became a prison during the Revolution, the history of the building tells the story of France on its own. Philipe Auguste installed the seat of Capetian power there, then Saint-Louis built the Sainte-Chapelle, a jewel of Gothic architecture. Marie-Antoinette's last prison before the guillotine, the Conciergerie subsequently became the Palais de Justice. Located on the Ile de la Cité, the Conciergerie remains a high place of order and power.
For its deconfinement, the Conciergerie announces a reopening with new opening and closing times: daily from 10:30 am to 6:30 pm. Buying tickets online is strongly recommended at the E-ticket office of the Center des monuments nationaux.
Concierge. 2, boulevard du Palais (1st).
3) The Pantheon
The temple of the Republic shelters the tombs of the great men and women of the Nation reopens these doors this Monday June 15. BERTRAND GUAY / AFP
The temple of the Republic shelters the tombs of the great men and women of the Nation reopens these doors this Monday June 15. Through the great figures who rest in the crypt (Voltaire, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Marie Curie or Simone Veil) we revisit the great causes that built France. The public will also be able to access the dome with a 360-degree panoramic view of the capital, understand the Foucault pendulum (the experience that proves the rotation of the Earth) and admire the scale model of the monument at 1 / 25th scale produced by Rondelet.
The pantheon. Place du Panthéon (5th).
4) The castle of Vincennes
The keep of the Château de Vincennes will reopen on Monday June 15. MARTIN BUREAU / AFP
Hunting manor in the 12th century, founded by Capetian sovereigns, the Château de Vincennes became a fortified royal residence with the construction of the keep. Louis XIV spent part of his childhood there and Napoleon I transformed it into a large arsenal. The building was also a prison during the Revolution with famous prisoners like Mirabeau, Diderot, Sade ... On this Monday, June 15, the keep of the castle of Vincennes opens its doors to the public again at 10 am.
Vincennes castle. Avenue de Paris, Vincennes (94).
5) the Palais de Tokyo
After three months of closure, the Musée de la Colline de Chaillot, opposite the Eiffel Tower, reopens its doors and its vast exhibition spaces, as well as its bookshop. Palace of Tokyo.
This Monday, June 15, the Palais-de-Tokyo museum reopens its doors with several exhibitions, as rich as grandiloquent, extended until September 13, as well as a new fresco by Futura 2000, the American star graffiti artist. After three months of closure, the Musée de la Colline de Chaillot, opposite the Eiffel Tower, reopens its doors and its vast exhibition spaces, as well as its bookshop. Good news for lovers of contemporary art, deprived of the Center Pompidou (reopening scheduled for July 1), and other institutions dedicated to living art, despite the online programs that fed the networks during confinement. Of course, wearing a mask inside the museum is compulsory. Gel is also made available to visitors.
Palace of Tokyo. 13, avenue du Président Wilson (16th).