Varennes
This sleepy village in the Argonne earned its place in history books when on 21 June 1791 king Louis XVI and the royal family, hoping to escape the revolutionary government in Paris, were stopped and arrested here. Had they succeeded the Revolution might have gone in another direction.
Varennes-en-Argonne, Meuse, France.
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Varennes
This sleepy village in the Argonne earned its place in history books when on 21 June 1791 king Louis XVI and the royal family, hoping to escape the revolutionary government in Paris, were stopped and arrested here. Had they succeeded the Revolution might have gone in another direction.
Varennes-en-Argonne, Meuse, France.
© 2023 Marc Haegeman. All Rights Reserved.
1,148
views
60
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Uploaded on June 29, 2023
Taken on June 25, 2023