Conciergerie Audio Guide
Explore Conciergerie with Stanza's GPS-triggered offline audio guide.
About the Tour
The Conciergerie is a historic medieval building in Paris, France. It served as a royal palace, a revolutionary tribunal, and famously as a prison.
What you will hear
The 'Rue de Paris' Corridor
Walk through the corridor named after the city's executioner, where the poorest 'pailleux' prisoners once slept on straw in the shadows of the grand hall.
The Street of Paris
This narrow, barred corridor earned a grim reputation as the final holding area for the prison's most destitute inmates.
The Revolutionary Registry (Greffe)
Step into the administrative heart of the Revolutionary prison. This reconstruction of the guard's office shows where prisoners were processed and their belongings recorded before they were sent to their cells.
The Prison Registry
The registry office, or Greffe, was the administrative gateway where new arrivals were formally processed into the prison system.
Marie Antoinette's Final Days
Explore the reconstruction of the Queen's final cell. The area includes personal artifacts and a depiction of her under constant surveillance by two guards behind a screen.
The Queen's Pitcher
This simple floral pitcher is a poignant relic from Marie Antoinette's final days as a prisoner in the Conciergerie.
The Memorial Chapel
Stand on the exact site of Marie Antoinette's former cell. This expiatory chapel was commissioned by Louis XVIII to honor the memory of his brother and sister-in-law.
The Memorial Chapel
Commissioned by King Louis XVIII, this somber chapel stands on the exact site where Marie Antoinette's cell was once located.
The Women's Courtyard (Cour des Femmes)
Visit the courtyard where female prisoners were allowed to exercise and wash their clothes. It remains one of the most evocative spaces of the original prison layout.
The Women's Courtyard
This triangular courtyard provided a rare space for female prisoners to gather, wash clothes, and catch a glimpse of the sky.
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