Dark history around Place de la Révolution, Paris (part 1)

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Start · Place de la Révolution, Paris · 1794
Betrayed By The Friend Who Stood At Their Wedding
The revolutionary firebrand and his devoted wife were destroyed by the very friend who once witnessed their marriage.
same spot · Place de la Révolution, Paris · 1794
Devoured By The Revolutionary Machine He Built
He helped build the tribunal that sent thousands to the guillotine, and then it turned on him too.
same spot · Place de la Révolution, Paris · 1793
She Faced The Statue Of Liberty Before The Blade Fell
Destroyed by the revolution she helped build, she turned to a statue of Liberty for her final, famous words.
same spot · Place de la Révolution, Paris · 1793
She Wrote Women's Rights Into Existence And Was Guillotined
She demanded the Revolution include women too, and was sent to the same scaffold she had once written about.
same spot · Paris · 1794
The Chemist The Revolution Had No Time For
The man who discovered oxygen was guillotined not for his science, but for a tax company he once belonged to.
same spot · Paris · 1794
The Incorruptible Who Lost His Jaw
The architect of the Terror who sent thousands to the guillotine met it himself with a shattered face.
same spot · Place de la Révolution, Paris · 1794
The Innocent Princess Who Comforted Others To Her Death
Her only crime was being born a king's sister, and she spent her final minutes comforting the fellow prisoners dying beside her.
same spot · Place de la Révolution, Paris · 1793
The Last Farewell Of A Falling King
On the eve of his execution, Louis XVI told his family he would return in the morning, knowing he never would.
same spot · Place de la Révolution, Paris · 1793
The Mistress Who Refused To Die With Dignity
Unlike every noble before her on the scaffold, she screamed, wept, and begged the crowd for her life.
same spot · Place de la Concorde, Paris · 1793
The Queen Who Faced The Guillotine With Dignity
A former queen with white hair and nothing left to lose is woken at dawn and told to prepare for the cart to the scaffold.

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