82 years since the Liberation of Paris: the full schedule of commemorations and ceremonies

Published by Graziella de Sortiraparis · Photos by Cécile de Sortiraparis · Updated on August 19, 2026 at 07:46 p.m.
To mark the Liberation of Paris in August 1944, the capital will stage commemorations from August 23 to 25, 2026, to celebrate its 82nd anniversary in grand fashion!

The Second World War isn’t that distant; it’s been only 82 years since the capital was liberated from Nazi occupation. To mark this anniversary properly, after a full week of tributes and celebrations in 2024, the city of Paris is organizing a slate of commemorations from August 23 to 25, 2026, the final days of the Liberation by Allied forces, which signaled the end of four years of occupation in the French capital.

The City of Paris will therefore pay tribute for three days to the soldiers, as well as to the women and men who, through their actions, their resistance and their sacrifices, helped secure the liberation from Nazi occupation.

The commemorations programme

Sunday, August 23

  • 4 p.m.: Ceremony at the Cascade of the Bois de Boulogne to honor 35 young Resistance martyrs, massacred by the occupier in the night of August 16–17, 1944

Monday, August 24

  • 5:30 p.m.: Ceremony honoring the Spanish Republicans of the Dronne Column (Garden of the Nueve Fighters)

Tuesday, August 25

  • 10:00 a.m.: Ceremony at Place Saint‑Michel? (Note: original says Place Stalingrad) in front of the Liberation-Victory Tree
  • 10:30 a.m.: Ceremony in front of the commemorative plaque for the Deportees' departure (Gare de l’Est)
  • 11:00 a.m.: Unveiling of the plaque in memory of FTP resistance fighters, Saint-Just Company (10 Avenue de Laumière)
  • 2:30 p.m.: Ceremony in front of the plaque commemorating the surrender of German troops in Paris (Place du 18 Juin 1940)
  • 3:30 p.m.: Military ceremony honoring the 2nd Armored Division in front of Marshal Leclerc’s statue, Porte d’Orléans
  • 5:30 p.m.: Place de l’Hôtel de Ville – Esplanade de la Libération, weapons ceremony and historical commemoration
  • 9:00 p.m.: Screening of the film Diplomacy by Volker Schlöndorff, starring André Dussolier and Niels Arestrup, at Place de l’Hôtel de Ville – Esplanade de la Libération
Practical information

Dates and Opening Time
From August 23, 2026 to August 25, 2026

× Approximate opening times: to confirm opening times, please contact the establishment.

    Prices
    Free

    Official website
    www.paris.fr

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