Panthéon

Interment at France's national mausoleum is a rare honor granted by a legislative act. Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Émile Zola, Louis Braille, Alexandre Dumas, Pierre and Marie Curie, and Pierre Brossolette are among those honored in the Panthéon.

A plaque dedicated to the French people honored by Yad Vashem as the "Righteous Among Nations" for sacrificing their lives to defend Jews from the Nazis may also be found on the premises.

The French Panthéon's facade is modeled after the Roman Pantheon, but the neoclassical design by Jacques-Germain Soufflot includes additional features such as a large dome on the roof and paintings depicting the Christian story, the life of St. Genevieve, Paris' patron saint, and the French monarchy's history.

Location: Paris, France