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    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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    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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    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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    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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    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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