Place des Quinconces
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The Place des Quinconces, located in Bordeaux, France, is among the largest city squares in Europe.
Place des Quinconces
The two rostral columns
The Girondists monument
Panorama of the Place des Quinconces
Girondins
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The Girondins, also called Girondists, were a political group during the French Revolution. From 1791 to 1793, the Girondins were active in the Legislative Assembly and the National Convention. Togeth
Place des Quinconces
…Magges]) were added in 1858. The principal monument, the 54-meter-tall Monument aux Girondins, was erected between 1894 and 1902, in memory of the Girondists who fell victim of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. It has a large pedestal framed with two basins, decorated with bronze horses and…
The Girondins in the La Force Prison after their arrest, a woodcut from 1845
Death of Marat by Jacques-Louis David
The Arrest of Charlotte Corday by Hendrik Scheffer, 1830
Brissot et 20 de ses complices condamnés à mort par le tribunal révolutionnaire (Brissot and 20 of his accomplices are sentenced to death by the Revolutionary Tribunal)