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L'Histoire commence avec l'écriture.

A regular venue for artistic and cultural events for over a century, the Grand Palais is reopening its majestic restored Nave for the Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Games to become the place for fencing and taekwondo events! And don't forget: this is not the first time the building has been used to host sporting competitions.

While waiting to step inside the restored Grand Palais from June onwards, we invite you to take a virtual tour of its new spaces. Follow us as we explore this legendary monument, where history and modernity meet, for a fictional journey into the heart of its reinvented architecture. Let yourself be guided!

From fencing halls to basketball courts — even skateparks — the Nave of the Grand Palais has hosted a variety of sporting events, reflecting the growing enthusiasm for new sports practices in the 2000s. Let’s look back at 5 bold sporting moments that paved the way for the Grand Palais to become an Olympic venue in 2024.

16 monumental tapestries, imagined by Danish artists and woven in France, are exceptionally reunited in Paris before reaching their final destination: Koldinghus Castle in Denmark. This unique royal commission is currently on display in the heart of the monument.

An extraordinary project, an emblematic building, human adventures: for almost four years, director Stefan Cornic followed the major stages in the restoration of the Grand Palais, camera by hand. The result? An immersive, sensitive documentary, Les métamorphoses du Grand Palais, available now for replay on France.tv.

This summer, the Grand Palais pulses to the rhythm of the fencing and taekwondo events at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. But did you know that this iconic monument has a sporting history that spans more than a century? From gymnastics galas to horse shows, it has forged a unique relationship with the world of sport. In this Olympic year, let's relive the exploits of the Grand Palais' champions together!