Paris · Stop 2 of 6 · 1989
Monument des Droits de l'Homme, Champ de Mars
A stone-and-bronze pavilion shaped like an Egyptian tomb, on the Champ de Mars halfway between the École Militaire and the Tower. Most visitors walk straight past it on the way to the lawns.
Worth seeing when you're there
- The mastaba shape, borrowed from ancient Egypt, with sloping sides and a flat top.
- The bronze reliefs and figures crowded with imagery from the Revolution; walk all the way round.
- The inscriptions and names carved into the stone.
- The view north to the Tower, which turned 100 the year this was built.
A little history
The City of Paris commissioned this pavilion for 1989, two hundred years after the Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen. The sculptor was Ivan Theimer, born in Olomouc and trained at the École des Beaux-Arts, working with architect Michel Jantzen. The Champ de Mars itself saw the Fête de la Fédération on 14 July 1790, the ancestor of the national holiday.
Getting there, hours, cost
On the Champ de Mars, on the eastern side, about five minutes on foot from Metro École Militaire towards the Tower.
- Open
- Always (public park)
- Closed
- Never
- Cost
- Free
Hours change. Recheck official sources close to your date. Navigate here · Trail map
Nearby: eat, see, rest
- Moustache Artisan Glacier Ice cream · 2 min on foot
- Champ de Mars lawns Picnic lawns · 3 min on foot
- La Fontaine de Mars Bistro · 4 min on foot
- Maison Bergeron Bakery · 4 min on foot
More on the trail map and in The Eiffel Tower to Trocadéro walk.
On the trail
This landmark is Stop 2 of 6 of Seine Clearly: The ARIA Calibration, our self-guided puzzle walk through the Cubbon Park district. The clue here uses what you can see from exactly where you are standing.