A Walk Through The Conciergerie, Paris
The Conciergerie is a building in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, formerly a prison but presently used mostly for law courts. It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which consisted of the Conciergerie, Palais de Justice and the Sainte-Chapelle. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed by guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
The ten month Reign of Terror (September 1793 – July 1794) had a profound effect on France. More than 40,000 people died from execution and imprisonment, and France would not be a republic again for nearly half a century.
The National Convention enacted the Law of Suspects on September 17, 1793. This act declared that anyone considered a counter-revolutionary or enemy of the republic was guilty of treason and, thus, condemned to death. The Revolutionary Tribunal was set up in the Palace of Justice. The two fates for those sent before the tribunal were acquittal or death, with no possibility of appeal. Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, a radical, was named public prosecutor. The Tribunal sat in the Great Hall between 2 April 1793 and 31 May 1795 and sent nearly 2,600 prisoners to the guillotine.
The Conciergerie prison became the main penitentiary of a network of prisons throughout Paris, and was the last place of housing for more than 2,700 people, who were summarily executed by guillotine. The dank dungeons were a stark contrast to the beautiful architecture of the palace above. The quality of life of the prisoners was based mainly on their personal wealth and the whims of the jailers. The revolutionary period continued the prison's tradition of interning prisoners based on wealth, such that wealthier prisoners could rent a bed for 27 livres 12 sous for the first month, 22 livres 10 sous for subsequent months. Even when the price was decreased to 15 livres, the commanders of the prison made a fortune: as the Terror escalated, a prisoner could pay for a bed and be executed a few days later, freeing the bed for a new inmate who would then pay as well. One memoirist termed the Conciergerie the most lucrative furnished lodgings in Paris. Only celebrity prisoners were assigned cells to themselves. Most of the pistole inmates were stuffed into a single room that abutted a local hospital, making disease an inevitability. The cramped cells were infested with rats, and the stench of urine permeated every room.
All the prisoners, except those locked in the dungeons, were allowed to walk about the prisoners' gallery from 8 a.m. to an hour before sunset. Roll call was always a tortuous proceeding because many of the jailers were illiterate and it could take hours for them to confirm that all of the prisoners were accounted for. A principal jailer, who sat by the door, determined whether visitors would be allowed inside the prison. His decision depended more on his mood than any set proceedings. He was also in charge of resolving disputes between jailers and their charges.
Prisoners held at the Conciergerie included Marie Antoinette, poet André Chénier, Charlotte Corday, Madame Élisabeth, Madame du Barry and the 21 Girondins, purged at the beginning of the Terror. Georges Danton later awaited his execution here, and, during the Thermidorian Reaction, Robespierre himself was interned for a brief time before his execution.
The buildings which form this prison still retain the hideous character of feudal times. The préau presents a kind of area or court, one hundred and eighty feet in length by sixty in breadth, round which is a gallery leading to the cells, and communicating by stairs to the upper storeys. It was partly constructed in the thirteenth century, and partly rebuilt in modern times, and is ten or twelve feet below the level of the adjacent streets; it serves as a promenade for the prisoners. The dungeons, which have not been used for the last thirty years, are twenty-three feet in length by eleven and a half in height.
The Conciergerie was decommissioned during 1914 and opened to the public as a national historical monument. It is presently a popular tourist attraction, although only a relatively small part of the building is open to public access; much of it is still used for the Paris law courts. It has been listed since 1862 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
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La Conciergerie is a building in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité (literally Island of the City), formerly a prison but presently used mostly for law courts. It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which consisted of the Conciergerie, Palais de Justice and the Sainte-Chapelle. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed by guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
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The Conciergerie (French pronunciation: [kɔ̃sjɛʁʒəʁi]) is a building in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité (literally Island of the City), formerly a prison but presently used mostly for law courts. It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which consisted of the Conciergerie, Palais de Justice and the Sainte-Chapelle. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed by guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
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Places to see in ( Paris - France ) Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a building in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, formerly a prison but presently used mostly for law courts. It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which consisted of the Conciergerie, Palais de Justice and the Sainte-Chapelle. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed by guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
The west part of the island was originally the site of a Merovingian palace, and was known initially as the Palais de la Cité. From the 10th to the 14th centuries, it was the main palace of the medieval Kings of France. During the reigns of Louis IX (Saint Louis) (1214–1270) and Philippe IV (Philip the Fair) (1284–1314) the Merovingian palace was extended and fortified more extensively.
Louis IX added the Sainte-Chapelle and associated galleries, while Philippe IV created the towered facade on the Seine river side and a large hall. Both are excellent examples of French religious and secular architecture of the period. The Sainte-Chapelle was built in the French royal style to house the crown of thorns that was brought back from the Crusades and to serve as a royal chapel. The Grande Salle (Great Hall) was one of the largest in Europe, and its lower story, known as La Salle des Gens d'Armes (The Hall of the Soldiers) survives at 64m long, 27.5m wide and 8.5m high. It was used as a dining room for the 2,000 staff members who worked in the palace.
Three towers survive from the medieval Conciergerie: the Caesar Tower, named in honor of the Roman Emperors; the Silver Tower, named for its alleged use as the store for the royal treasure; and the Bonbec (good beak) Tower, named for the torture chamber that it housed, in which victims were encouraged to sing. The building was extended during the reigns of later kings with France's first public clock being installed about 1370. The current clock dates from 1535.
Despite lasting only ten months, the Reign of Terror (September 1793-July 1794) had a profound effect on France. More than 40,000 people died from execution and imprisonment, and France would not be a republic again for nearly half a century.
The National Convention enacted the Law of Suspects on September 17, 1793. This act declared that anyone considered a counterrevolutionary or enemy of the republic was guilty of treason and, thus, condemned to death. The Revolutionary Tribunal was set up in the Palace of Justice. The two fates for those sent before the tribunal were acquittal or death, with no possibility of appeal. Antoine Quentin Fouquier-Tinville, a radical, was named public prosecutor. The Tribunal sat in the Great Hall between 2 April 1793 and 31 May 1795 and sent nearly 2,600 prisoners to the guillotine.
The Conciergerie prison became the main penitentiary of a network of prisons throughout Paris, and was the last place of housing for more than 2,700 people, who were summarily executed by guillotine. The dank dungeons were a stark contrast to the beautiful architecture of the palace above. The quality of life of the prisoners was based mainly on their personal wealth and the whims of the jailers.
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Île de la Cité : une visite de la Conciergerie
La Conciergerie fut notamment un lieu de détention pour Marie-Antoinette, durant la Révolution française. Sur une tablette, l'HistoPad, les visiteurs découvrent différemment ces lieux grâce à des images de synthèse. Une visite immersive qui s'appuie sur les technologies de la réalité augmentée.
Intervenants : Delphine Samsoen (administratrice de la Conciergerie), Dany Sandron (professeur d'histoire de l'art du Moyen Âge, Sorbonne universités)
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The Conciergerie in Paris, France
La Conciergerie is the principal vestige of the old Palace of the City.
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La Conciergerie - Paris (France)
The Conciergerie is the main vestibule of the old City Palace or the Palace of the Cité, which was the residence and seat of French royal power from the 10th to the 14th century and which stretched over the site of the Palais de Justice in Paris. Currently, the building extends over the Clock Dock, on the Ile de la Cité, in the 1st arrondissement of Paris. It was converted into a state prison in 1392, after the abandonment of the palace by Charles V and his successors.
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Découvrez la Conciergerie, palais de pouvoir et ancien tribunal révolutionnaire au coeur de l'Île de la Cité à Paris.
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A very short snippet of video shot from the Notre-Dame bridge in Paris, showing the Conciergerie and the Tribunal du Commerce. The Conciergerie is the building with the pointy towers ... that's where Marie-Antoinette was held until she was executed. The building on the left is the Tribunal du Commerce (Bankruptcy Court). The bridge is the Exchange Bridge (Pont au Change). The highway along the river on the right is the Georges Pompidou Expressway.
I shot this video just because the scene looked pretty and it was a nice day.
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Auf dem Gelände der Île de la Cité, des Herzstücks des mittelalterlichen Paris, befand sich schon seit dem 9. Jahrhundert die Residenz der Herrscher über die Île-de-France bzw. Frankreich, Odo von Paris residierte hier und Hugo Capet richtete hier die königliche Verwaltung (curia regis) ein.
Im Jahr 1358 kam es im Rahmen des Aufstands der Jacquerie zum Überfall Étienne Marcels und seiner Anhänger auf das Palais de la Cité. Als Konsequenz aus diesem Angriff verließ die königliche Familie das Palais. König Karl V. überließ das Palais teilweise dem Parlement, das hier seine Justiz unterbrachte; diese arbeitet noch heute im (neueren) Palais de Justice innerhalb des Komplexes.
Andere Teile des einstigen Palastgebäudes wurden zum Sitz des königlichen Verwalters, einem Concierge, von dem der heutige Name eines Teils des Gebäudekomplexes abgeleitet wird.
Schon vor, aber vor allem während der Französischen Revolution diente die Conciergerie als Gefängnis und beherbergte bis zu 1200 Gefangene. Vom 2. April 1793 bis zum 31. Mai 1795 fanden dort die Sitzungen des Revolutionstribunals statt, während derer circa 2700 Menschen zum Tod verurteilt wurden, wobei dem öffentlichen Ankläger (Accusateur Public) Fouquier-Tinville eine tragende Rolle zukam. Zu den berühmten Gefangenen gehörten Marie Antoinette, Marie-Jeanne Dubarry, François Ravaillac, Georges Danton und Maximilien de Robespierre. Nach der Restauration wurde die Conciergerie weiterhin als Gefängnis genutzt, zeitweise war dort Napoléon III. inhaftiert.
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A look inside Marie Antoinette's former cell at Conciergerie prison in Paris
This webisode is associated with our full segment on Marie Antoinette from our episode Inside the Chateau de Versailles, Paris. Stream every episode of Museum Secrets at Vimeo On Demand: and VHX:
Who was the real Marie Antoinette? And how did she live her final days? Before the French Revolution, King Louis the Sixteenth and his wife Marie Antoinette enjoyed living at Versailles as if it were a setting for Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous. But by 1789, with the country in turmoil, Marie Antoinette had become a magnet for the hatred of the masses due to her life of excess. She was famous for reportedly saying, Let them eat cake, when told that the people had no bread. Was Marie Antoinette really the dim-witted celebrity she was made out to be? Was she truly a victim of a revolution she didn't understand?
Museum Secrets uncovers some surprising truths as we explore her attempted escape through a secret passageway at Versailles, and her stay at the medieval Conciergerie prison in Paris. We also travel to the National Archives in Paris to uncover the secrets of Marie Antoinette's encrypted letter. Written in code, these rare letters reveal that perhaps there was good reason for her arrest, conviction and death by guillotine.
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Dans l'île de la Cité, exceptionnelles salles gothiques du premier palais royal parisien et restitution des prisons du tribunal révolutionnaire.
Le monument actuel présente une partie du palais des Capétiens.
Au XIVe siècle, Charles V quitte le palais, mais maintient le siège de sa justice. Un concierge est nommé avec pouvoir de police.
A la fin du XVIIIe siècle, les nombreux prévenus du tribunal révolutionnaire, installé au palais, sont incarcérés à la prison de la Conciergerie, dont Marie-Antoinette.
Monument inscrit sur la liste du patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO.
Document de visite disponible en français, anglais, italien, espagnol, portugais, néerlandais, polonais, japonais, chinois et russe. Diaporamas historique en français, anglais et espagnol. Toutes les expositions sont accessibles sans supplément avec le pass.
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Conciergerie
The Conciergerie is a former prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité presently mostly used for law courts. It was part of the former royal palace, the Palais de la Cité, which consisted of the Conciergerie, Palais de Justice and the Sainte-Chapelle. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from the Conciergerie to be executed on the guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
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