The Great Hall of the Conciergerie Paris
* Yet another wonderful place I had not seen in previous visits to Paris I obviously spent too much time in Bars .
(A story on our first trip to Paris an 1974 Mary and I were pretty broke and resorted to sleeping on a friends floor . We spent a lot of time during a cold April week looking at restaurants menus we could not afford . On our last afternoon we were catching the boat train back to England no tunnel existed then of course . We spent the last few hours in a Bar opposite the Gare de Nord . We put all our Francs (remember those) on the table and told the waiter to keep bringing us wine till the money ran out. As far as I recall we did get on the train )
Once again to get this shot the ISA had to be pushed a little
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.
From the 10th to the 14th centuries, it was the main palace of the medieval Kings of France. 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.
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.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED
The Great Hall of the Conciergerie Paris
* Yet another wonderful place I had not seen in previous visits to Paris I obviously spent too much time in Bars .
(A story on our first trip to Paris an 1974 Mary and I were pretty broke and resorted to sleeping on a friends floor . We spent a lot of time during a cold April week looking at restaurants menus we could not afford . On our last afternoon we were catching the boat train back to England no tunnel existed then of course . We spent the last few hours in a Bar opposite the Gare de Nord . We put all our Francs (remember those) on the table and told the waiter to keep bringing us wine till the money ran out. As far as I recall we did get on the train )
Once again to get this shot the ISA had to be pushed a little
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.
From the 10th to the 14th centuries, it was the main palace of the medieval Kings of France. 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.
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.
THANKS FOR YOUR VISITING BUT CAN I ASK YOU NOT TO FAVE AN IMAGE WITHOUT ALSO MAKING A COMMENT. MANY THANKS KEITH. ANYONE MAKING MULTIPLE FAVES WITHOUT COMMENTS WILL SIMPLY BE BLOCKED