de la Santé. It is one of the most famous prisons in France, with both VIP and maximum security sections. La Santé is one of the three main prisons of...
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September Massacres (redirect from Prison massacres in France)
would not quit Paris, as long as the prisons were filled with Traitors (for they called those so, that were confined in the different Prisons and Churches)...
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Prison (French Centre pénitentiaire de Fresnes) is the second largest prison in France, located in the town of Fresnes, Val-de-Marne, south of Paris....
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Force Prison was a French prison located in the Rue du Roi de Sicile, in what is now the 4th arrondissement of Paris. Originally known as the Hôtel de la...
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of prisons in Xinjiang List of prisons in Yunnan List of prisons in Zhejiang Coloane Prison - opened 1990 Central Prison - closed 1990 Ka Ho Prison - opened...
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Bastille (redirect from Bastille Prison)
Le Masque de fer: entre histoire et légende. Paris, Perrin. ISBN 978-2-262-02171-9. (in French) Prade, Catherine (2010). "Les prisons de Paris", in Dutray-Lecoin...
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Square du Temple (redirect from Temple (Paris))
site of a medieval fortress in Paris, built by the Knights Templar. Parts of the fortress were later used as a prison during the French Revolution, and...
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conservus fellow slave, from com- + servus slave "Les anciens prisons de Paris". Le Cabinet de Lecture et le Cercle Réunis: Gazette des Familles (in French)...
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three main prisons of the Paris area, the Fresnes Prison (the second largest in France) and the La Santé Prison (located in the centre of Paris) being the...
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The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of...
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The Paris Commune (French: Commune de Paris, pronounced [kɔ.myn də pa.ʁi]) was a French revolutionary government that seized power in Paris from 18 March...
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Roquette Prisons (the Grande Roquette and the Petite Roquette) were prisons in the 11th arrondissement of Paris, on both sides of the rue de la Roquette [Wikidata]...
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Hopkins, Tighe (1897). "The Dungeons of Old Paris: Being the Story and Romance of the Most Celebrated Prisons of the Monarchy and the Revolution". G.P....
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Les Lettres de cachet et des prisons d'etat and was widely read throughout Europe. Besides the Bastille, there were thirty prisons in Paris by 1779 in...
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Palais de Justice (French pronunciation: [palɛ də ʒystis]; '"Palace of Justice"), is a judicial center and courthouse in Paris, located on the Île de la Cité...
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Abbey was an abbey in Paris that was a stronghold of Jansenism. The monastery of Port-Royal was founded in 1204 by Mathilde de Garland beside the River...
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The Champ de Mars (French pronunciation: [ʃɑ̃ də mars]; lit. 'Field of Mars') is a large public greenspace in Paris, France, located in the seventh arrondissement...
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The Gare de Lyon, officially Paris Gare de Lyon, is one of the seven large mainline railway stations in Paris, France. It handles about 148.1 million passengers...
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The Prison de l’Abbaye was a Paris prison in use from 1522 to 1854. The final building was built by Christophe Gamard in 1631 and made up of three floors...
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Picpus Cemetery (redirect from Cimetière de Picpus)
Retrieved 2023-03-01. "Brève histoire des prisons de Paris, de la prise de la Bastille à l'ouverture de Fresnes". 7 March 2023. Steinberg, Ronen (2019)...
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supérieure des mines de Paris (PSL University) Lycée Fénelon Lycée Montaigne Lycée Saint-Louis Arcade du Pont-Neuf Cherche-Midi prison Couvent des Cordeliers...
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Storming of the Bastille (redirect from Comte de Solages)
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents...
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edge of Paris, alongside the Bois de Vincennes. It was largely built between 1361 and 1369, and was a preferred residence, after the Palais de la Cité...
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Île de la Cité (French: [il də la site]; English: City Island) is an island in the river Seine in the center of Paris. In the 4th century, it was the...
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Spielen: Verurteilter Vergewaltiger fährt nach Paris". TAG24 (in German). Retrieved 27 June 2024. Steven van de Velde at the Beach Volleyball Database...
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Conciergerie (category Defunct prisons in Paris)
Lodge) is a former courthouse and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, below the Palais de Justice. It was originally part...
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The 14th arrondissement of Paris (French: XIVe arrondissement [katɔʁzjɛm aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃]), officially named arrondissement de l'Observatoire (IPA: [aʁɔ̃dismɑ̃...
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from the same prison. To thwart attempts of this nature, many prisons have taken precautions such as nets or cables strung over open prison courtyards....
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the Bastille's garrison when the prison-fortress in Paris was stormed on 14 July 1789. The marquis Bernard-René Jordan de Launay was born on the night of...
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By the 15th century the palace was one of the major prisons of Paris. The entrance of the prison was located on the main courtyard, the Cour du Mai, named...
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