Can you name the seven women honoured in France’s Pantheon? Some shaped the modern world and others fought in the shadows
France to honour foreign Resistance member: who was Missak Manouchian? Armenian-born hero was executed only months before liberation. He will be first ‘official’ communist to be interred in the Panthéon
The only six women in history to be ‘reburied’ in the French Panthéon We celebrate the women deemed worthy to lie in Paris’s special ‘hall of fame’
news Why Molière will not be placed in the Panthéon on his 400th birthday The French government has refused to inter the renowned playwright in Paris’ most famous mausoleum because he was born too early. We explain
New square in Monaco marks Joséphine Baker’s links with Princess Grace Joséphine Baker has been also recently honoured with a place in the Panthéon, France’s tomb of heroes – the first black woman there
US-born French icon Josephine Baker to enter France’s Pantheon The legendary performer will become the first black woman to enter the mausoleum, in recognition of her historic role as a singer, dancer, activist, and World War Two Resistance agent
Pantheon lights up for France's 'ordinary' war heroes Tests have taken place for art installation scheduled to take place in September
French civil servant broke barriers in life and death The Connexion tells the story of the remarkable career of Félix Eboué, the first black person to be given a resting place in the Panthéon, following a lifetime of dedicated service to the French state in Africa.
Secret French illegal clock restorer gets the job One of the men involved in a clandestine restoration of the clock at the Panthéon in Paris has been appointed its official restorer – more than a decade after being taken to court.