Conciergerie
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The Conciergerie 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 of the former royal palace, the Palais
The Conciergerie
Plan of the Palace and Conciergerie in 1380 and 1754 (double-click for full size)
A banquet hosted by Charles V of France in honour of Charles IV, Holy Roman Emperor in the Great Hall (1378)
Palais de la Cité in the Très Riches Heures du Duc de Berry (1412–1416). Conciergerie at left rear
Madame Roland
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Jeanne Marie "Manon" Roland de la Platière, born Jeanne Marie Phlipon, and best known under the name Madame Roland was a French revolutionary, salonnière and writer.
Madame Roland in the Conciergerie, shortly before her execution
House on the Quai de l'Horloge in Paris, where Manon Roland lived as a child
Jean-Marie Roland de la Platière, the husband of Manon Roland
Jacques Pierre Brissot, journalist and later leader of the Girondins, published Madame Roland's articles in his newspaper and introduced her in revolutionary circles