Le printemps du dessin
June 13 at 2pm
Sketch the romantic sculptures and classical friezes of this solemn royal chapel while artist Klod Amar guides your hand. A meditative hour surrounded by 19th-century carved myths and garden greenery.
Parks & Gardens
Parks & GardensChapelle expiatoire
Quartier de l'Europe
Step through the neoclassical chapel where Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were once hastily buried, then descend to the crypt where their bodies were recovered. A solemn, surprisingly intimate window into the Revolution's aftermath.
French Revolution history
royal burial site
neoclassical architecture
quiet contemplation
Tips
🌳petite indeed but tranquil — bring a book for the garden
📜Marie Antoinette's lines "traverse the ages as a cry for family"
7 €
Upcoming at Chapelle expiatoire
Saturday, Jun 13
Thursday, Jun 18
Histoire de sacres : le sacre de Charles X
June 18 at 6:30pm
Royal ghosts meet living historians. The Chapelle Expiatoire, built to honor Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, hosts scholars dissecting Charles X's archaic 1824 coronation and why this dusty ceremony still fascinated courtiers. History buff paradise.
Chapelle expiatoire
Quartier de l'EuropeOpens Friday at 10:00 AM
Parks & GardensParks & GardensStep through the neoclassical chapel where Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were once hastily buried, then descend to the crypt where their bodies were recovered. A solemn, surprisingly intimate window into the Revolution's aftermath.
French Revolution history
royal burial site
neoclassical architecture
quiet contemplation
Tips
🌳petite indeed but tranquil — bring a book for the garden
📜Marie Antoinette's lines "traverse the ages as a cry for family"
7 €
Upcoming at Chapelle expiatoire
Saturday, Jun 13
Thursday, Jun 18
Histoire de sacres : le sacre de Charles X
June 18 at 6:30pm
Royal ghosts meet living historians. The Chapelle Expiatoire, built to honor Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette, hosts scholars dissecting Charles X's archaic 1824 coronation and why this dusty ceremony still fascinated courtiers. History buff paradise.