A beautiful 14th century Gothic palace turned deadly prison
See the former jail cell - and current chapel - dedicated to the prison’s most famous resident: Marie Antoinette
Wander through the Salle des Gens d’Armes, the former dining room for 2,000 palace staff,and Europe's largest existing medieval hall
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Get priority access to this former palace and riverside prison on Paris's medieval Île de la Cité. You’ll see prison cells from the French Revolution (including the cell of Queen Marie Antoinette), and the Gothic Salle des Gens d’Armes is Europe’s biggest medieval hall still in existence.
