The Centre des monuments nationaux grants free entry upon presentation of supporting documents for: People concerned

Valid, supporting documents to be provided

Young people under 18

Identity document with photograph

Young people 18 to 25 years old visiting individually or in a group - EU or EEA nationals and assimilated -holders of a residence permit or a long-term visa (EU and EEA)

Identify document with photograph or official document acting as proof of belonging to the category

Teachers who are holders of an Education Pass

Education Pass

Job seekers

Official document from PÔLE EMPLOI or an establishment of a member country of the assimilated European Union, dated within 6 months or indicating a period of validity, accompanied by an identity document with photograph.

Beneficiaries of social minima: RSA,ASPA/ASV,ASS,ASI,AAH,ATA,ATS/AER, bereavement allowance.

Supporting certificate or document dated within 6 months or indicating a period of validity, accompanied by an identity document with photograph.

Disabled civilians, with one attendant per person.

Valid CDAPH card, or foreign equivalent.

Disabled war veterans, with one attendant per person.

Valid ONAC card.

Villes et Pays d'Art et d'Histoire Guide Lecturers

Valid professional ID card.

Lecturers and guides approved by the Minister of State for Tourism

Valid professional ID card.

Journalists

Valid press ID card.

Art, architecture and history of art students, students in art school and architecture college, Valid student ID card. BTS tourism students and students undergoing training as national guides. Ministry of Culture and Communication card holders

Valid Ministry of Culture and Communication ID card.

Members of ICOM and ICOMOS

Valid member ID cards.

Members of groups constituted by associations and structures working for people with social problems.

Supporting document from the structure, indicating its status and purpose, and for associations, at least two years of existence. This supporting document must show the social action of the structure in question.

Members of groups constituted by a structure working for people with disabilities.

Supporting document from the organisation in question.

Members of friends of monuments associations for the monument in question when a convention binding the association to the CMN provides for it.

Valid membership card of the association.

Tourism professionals

Valid professional ID card.

Military, gendarmes and CRS

Professional ID card and "Sentinel” mission order.

Permanent staff and members of the UNESCO Diplomatic Representations

Valid member ID cards.

School group supervisors within the limit of: - 1 supervisor for 8 pupils for nursery schools - 1 supervisor for 15 pupils for elementary schools and secondary schools (National Education Circular no. 99-136 of 21 September 1999). People accompanying adult groups of at least 20 people within the limit of one per group. Tourist bus drivers accompanying groups of visitors.

The monuments (except for the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud) are free on the Saturdays and Sundays of the "European Heritage Days" which are organised on the 3rd weekend of September.

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Monuments are free on the 1st Sunday of the month: From 1 January to 31 March and from 1 November to 31 December for the following monuments: Nouvelle Aquitaine

From 1 January to 31 May and from 1 November to 31 December for the following monuments: Nouvelle Aquitaine

Tour de la Lanterne, Tour Saint-Nicolas and Tour de la Chaîne in La Rochelle

Les Combarelles Cave Laugerie-Haute rock shelter Cap-Blanc rock shelter Font-de-Gaume Cave Archaeological site of Montmaurin La Ferrassie rock shelter La Micoque rock shelter Abri du Poisson Cave of Teyjat Moustier rock shelter Tour Pey-Berland in Bordeaux Grande-Sauve Abbey Pair-non-Pair Cave Château de Cadillac Château de Puyguilhem Château d'Oiron Charroux Abbey Gallo-Roman site of Sanxay

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Royal Monastery of Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse

Château de Chareil-Cintrat Cloister of Puy-en-Velay cathedral Château d'Aulteribe Château de Villeneuve-Lembron Château de Voltaire à Ferney Royal Monastery of Brou in Bourg-en-Bresse

Burgundy-Franche-Comté

Burgundy-Franche-Comté

Cluny Abbey

Château de Bussy-Rabutin Besançon Cathedral and its astronomical clock

Brittany

Brittany Ernest Renan's House in Tréguier Cairn of Barnenez Megalithic sites of Carnac Megalithic site of Locmariaquer

Centre-Val de Loire

Centre-Val de Loire

Château d'Azay-le-Rideau

Crypt and tower of Bourges Cathedral Palais Jacques Cœur in Bourges Tower of Chartres Cathedral Château de Châteaudun Château de Bouges George Sand’s House in Nohant Cloisters of La Psalette in Tours Château de Fougères-sur-Bièvre Château de Talcy

Grand Est

Grand Est

Palace of Tau in Reims Towers of Notre-Dame de Reims Cathedral

Château de La Motte Tilly

Paris

Paris

Arc de triomphe Conciergerie Pantheon Sainte-Chapelle Towers of Notre-Dame Cathedral Ile-de-France Basilica of Saint Denis Château de Vincennes

Expiatory Chapel Domaine National du Palais-Royal Ile-de-France Château de Champs-sur-Marne Château de Maisons Villa Savoye in Poissy Domaine National de Rambouillet Domaine National de Saint-Cloud Maison des Jardies in Sèvres

Occitania

Occitania

Château and ramparts of the city of Carcassonne Towers and ramparts of Aigues-Mortes Fortress of Salses

Fort Saint-André of Villeneuve-lez-Avignon Archaeological site and Museum of Ensérune Archaeological site of Montmaurin Château d'Assier Château de Castelnau-Bretenoux Château de Montal Beaulieu-en-Rouergue Abbey Château de Gramont

Hauts-de-France

Hauts-de-France

Château de Pierrefonds Villa Cavrois

Column of the Great Army in Wimille Château de Coucy Towers of Amiens Cathedral

Normandy

Normandy

Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey

Château de Carrouges Abbey of Bec-Hellouin

Pays-de-la-Loire

Pays-de-la-Loire

Château d'Angers

Georges Clemenceau’s House in Saint-Vincent-sur-Jard

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Glanum Archaeological Site Château d'If Montmajour Abbey Thoronet Abbey

Stronghold of Mont-Dauphin Trophy of Augustus in La Turbie Hôtel de Sade Monastery of Saorge Cloisters of Fréjus Cathedral Brégançon Fort Villa Kérylos

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