Step by step, we will immerse ourselves in the late 18th century - the years of one of the greatest revolutions in history ⚔️🔥 This is the time when the streets of Paris were buzzing with passionate slogans and calls to take the Bastille 🏰, when the Place de la Revolution (now Concorde) was shaken by the blows of the guillotine, and the gloomy walls of the Conciergerie 🏛️ heard the last sobs of Marie Antoinette 👑.
We will walk through the neighbourhoods where the barricades blazed 🚧, peek into the churches ⛪ where the revolutionaries nurtured their ideas 💡, find out where the famous march of hungry Parisian women to Versailles began and learn how this revolution changed the whole world !
Duration: 🕛 2-2.5 hours Group capacity: 🧍up to 15 people Children: 👶 16+ How it goes: 🚶 Walking Meeting point: 📍 Bastille Place
Места, которые мы посетим:
Bastille Place: Once the grim silhouette of the Bastille, a fortress-prison that became a symbol of royal arbitrariness, stood here. On 14 July 1789, the roar of cannons and the screams of rebellious Parisians tore the air: the fortress fell, its walls were destroyed, and the stones were dismantled for souvenirs. Today, the July Column stands on the square, but if you close your eyes, you can hear the noise of the revolutionary crowd ⚔️
Conciergerie: The gloomy walls of this former royal palace were the final resting place for hundreds of revolutionary prisoners. Once the seat of royalty, but during the Terror, the silence of the corridors was broken by the chains of prisoners sent to the guillotine. Among them was Marie Antoinette, who lived out her last days in a tiny cell guarded by armed guards. The prison knew no mercy: revolutionaries, aristocrats, ordinary citizens - no one was spared by the merciless flywheel of revolution. Now it's a museum, but if you stand in the gloomy corridors for a long time, you can almost hear the muffled footsteps of those who left here on their last journey... 🔪🏰
Place des Vosges: Once an elegant royal square, during the Revolution it became a place of conspiracy and anxious anticipation. Aristocrats took refuge within its walls, revolutionaries hid, and Robespierre waited out the storm that soon swept him away 🏛️⚔️
Palais Royal: A royal residence back in the time, during the Revolution this palace became the epicentre of the political storm. In its galleries, fiery speeches were made; here Camille Demoulins called the people to arms the day before the Bastille was taken. Under its arcades, conspiracies were hatched, ideas were born, destinies were changed. Today, the elegant colonnades hide quiet cafés, but once the footsteps of those who would soon change history 🔥 rattled here
National Archives: During the Revolution, these walls were used to store not only royal decrees, but also the judgements of the monarchy. Here documents were collected to prove the abuses of power, and here revolutionaries sought proof of the treason of aristocrats. In these halls, the fate of the old order was decided, and paper seemed to be as sharp as the guillotine. Today the archives are silent, but once they held the judgement of an entire era 📜
The churches of Saint-Germain-l'Auxerrois and Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis: The sacred walls of these churches once protected the peace of the faithful, but the Revolution turned them into symbols of the breakdown of the old order. One of them remembered the ringing of the bell that signalled Bartholomew's Night, but in 1793 it fell victim to the new terror - looted, desecrated, turned into a warehouse. Another, formerly majestic Jesuit temple, lost its sacred purpose, becoming a ‘Temple of Reason’, where the altar was replaced by a rostrum, and the icons disappeared in the whirlwind of change. Today their walls are once again filled with prayers, but the footsteps of revolution still echo in the depths ⛪
Tuileries Parc: Once a lavish royal garden where monarchs and ladies of the court strolled, the Tuileries became the scene of history during the Revolution. Here, within the walls of the palace of the same name, King Louis XVI and his family were detained after their forced removal from Versailles. Here, in 1792, angry Parisians stormed the palace, crushing the symbol of the monarchy. After the fall of the king, the park became the site of military parades and then revolutionary festivities. Today its alleys preserve only the rustle of leaves, but once there were battle cries that decided the fate of France🌳🏛️⚔
Place de la Concorde: Once a royal square, during the Revolution it became the scene of executions. Here the guillotine took the lives of Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, Robespierre and hundreds of others. Crowds cheered, the Terror gained momentum, and blood ran down the pavement. An obelisk stands here today, but history remembers that freedom once had a high price here ⚔️🔪🏛️
