The French Revolution in Paris
The French Revolution in Paris
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From the Palais-Royal to the Place de la Concorde, passing through the Tuileries Garden, relive the major events of the French Revolution. The tour will begin at the Palais-Royal where we will discuss the famous speech of Camille Desmoulins, the "man of July 14th." We will also encounter the story of Pâris, the assassin of the Marquis de Saint-Fargeau.<br><br> Then, along Rue Saint-Honoré, we will follow the procession of carts to the guillotine. We will then pass by the houses of Robespierre and Olympe de Gouges. We will also see a very beautiful church, the Church of Saint-Roch, the scene of a violent royalist revolt, crushed in a few hours by a certain Napoleon Bonaparte.<br><br> At the Tuileries, we will tell you about the fall of the monarchy and the capture of the Tuileries Palace by the sans-culottes.<br> The tour will end at the Place de la Concorde where we will show you the location of the guillotine during the Reign of Terror."
