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Paris
France · 48.8566, 2.3522
Capital of revolution, barricades, and the modern political vocabulary.
Historical layers
1789 – 1799
Revolutionary Paris
Bastille, the Convention, the Terror.
Events here
1789The Storming of the Bastille
Parisians seize a royal fortress.
1789The French Revolution Begins
The storming of the Bastille turns a fiscal crisis into the founding event of modern politics.
1793The Louvre Opens to the Public
Revolutionary France opens the royal palace as a museum for all citizens.
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