The ambition of Soufflot is to compete with Saint-Pierre of Rome and Saint-Paul in London. The monumental peristyle is inspired by the Pantheon of Agrippa in Rome.
 
A decorative program. From 1874, paintings on canvases depicting the history of Saint Genevieve and the epic of the Christian and monarchical origins of France come to decorate the sanctuary.
 
Discover the great personalities buried in the crypt, who draw the face of our national identity. A permanent presentation summarizes the life and work of those who rest there, from Voltaire and Rousseau to Alexandre Dumas.
 
Installed in 1851, disassembled and then reinstalled in 1995, the Foucault pendulum proves the rotation of the Earth.