The Pantheon is a neo-classical monument located in the 5th arrondissement of Paris. In the heart of the Latin Quarter, on the Sainte-Geneviève mountain. Originally planned to be a church in the 18th century which would house the shrine of Saint Geneviève, this monument has, since the French Revolution, intended to honor great figures who have marked the history of France. Among them are buried Voltaire, Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Victor Hugo, Louis Braille, Sadi Carnot, Émile Zola, Jean Jaurès, Jean Moulin …
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