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Chapelle Expiatoire Review
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Chapelle Expiatoire
- Address: 29 rue Pasquier, Opera/Grands Boulevards, Paris
- Phone: 01-44-32-18-00
- Category: Memorials/Monuments
- Location: Opéra/Grands Boulevards
Fodor's Review:
Built in 1815, this small temple marks the original burial site of Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette. After the deposed monarchs took their turns at the guillotine on place de la Concorde, their bodies were taken to a nearby mass grave. A loyalist marked their place, and their remains were eventually retrieved by Louis XVI's brother, Louis XVIII, who then ordered the monument. The neoclassical mausoleum now emerges defiantly from the lush undergrowth of square Louis-XVI off boulevard Haussmann. Two stone tablets are inscribed with the last missives of the doomed royals, including touching pleas to God to forgive their Revolutionary enemies. This surprisingly subtle and moving tribute is in sharp contrast to Napoléon's splashy memorial at Les Invalides.
- Cost: EUR 2.50
- Open: Thurs.-Sat. 1-5
- Metro: St-Augustin.
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