The Panthéon in Paris is a neoclassical monument located in the 5th arrondissement of the city. Erected in the heart of the Latin Quarter, on the Saint Genevieve mountain, it is in the centre of the Place du Panthéon and surrounded by the V arrondissement's town hall, the Henri-IV, the Saint Étienne du Mont church, the Saint Genevieve library, the University of Paris one (Panthéon-Sorbonne) and the University of Paris two (Panthéon-Assas). The rue Soufflot gives you a view of the Luxembourg garden.

The name of the monument, Panthéon, comes from pántheion (in Greek, πάνθειον), meaning "of all the gods". Originally intended in the 18th century as a church to house the reliquary of Saint Geneviève, this monument is intended to honour the great figures who have marked the history of France, with the exception of the military careers normally honoured in the military Pantheon of the Invalides.

The architecture also takes up the façade of the Pantheon in Rome, built in the 1st century BC, topped by a dome inspired by the tempietto of the church of San Pietro in Montorio. The various designs of its construction, its decoration, the inscriptions and the symbols that appear on it allow the visitor to retrace the slow, painstaking construction of the French nation. This monument is open to the public and is managed by the Centre for National Monuments.