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French Revolutionary Photos
I'm not sure whether or not anyone is interested in this, but I thought I'd post it just in case. I am currently living in Paris and in my free time, here and there, I go to assorted revolutionary sites and take photos. This includes big stuff like the Conciergerie and little stuff like graves and homes of less than famous people. I've been putting it together into albums, which I figured I'd share with anyone who was interested here. This is the first album, a second one is well underway, but I figure I'd post it when it was full.
French Revolutionary Photos
French Revolutionary Photos
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Thank you so much. Great and very interesting pics. If I ever go on a trip to Paris, I'll try to visit these places.
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I have a question and a correction, though, if you will. First, the question: where exactly is that door to Robespierre's extra staircase? Is it in the courtyard? And if so, just on the left side?
The correction is on a minor point: David's heart is the only part of him buried in Père Lachaise; his body is interred in Brussels, where he died. (Since he died in 1825, they wouldn't allow him, as a regicide, back into France, even dead.)
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Also, ah yes, just his heart. I remember reading that at the time. Oh well, so if you don't drink hemlock you only get a part of you buried with your family. Not quite as good.
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No, indeed. Especially since he did develop a bit of a spine once it wasn't a question of life and death. (There's a great quote--I wish I could find it again -__-;--where he responds to a letter urging him to essentially beg Capet's brother to let him back into France, the assumption of course being that, like other great artists, he would be let back in if he agreed to paint things glorifying the Restauration. But he replies that he does not regard voting for Capet's death as a mistake; that he knew what he was doing and that he was and is willing to accept the consequences. It doesn't entirely redeem him, but it does prove he wasn't just an opportunist, unlike some.)
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I sort of wonder what historical figures would think of the displays of their artifacts we put on display in museums. The typical objects--desk supplies, dishes, table settings, etc--aren't the things that most people purchase and use with the expectation that, a few generations later, the general public will be staring at them through pane of glass in a display case.
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On a lighter note, there's a great Alan Coren piece I'l have to root out on seeing Isambard Kingdom Brunel's hat.
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(Incidentally, you can link people outside of Facebook to your albums there?)
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At the bottom of the album there's a public link.
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HanriotFran (Vanesa)
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HanriotFran (Vanesa)
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Is Antoinette's the only cell that has been re-created? And can you actually walk into the Duplay's courtyard? It looks like there's bags of trash there and such; from this picture I get the feeling that it's the backyard to the restaurant.
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Yes you can and yes it is! The first time I went it was full of trash bags, the second time, no. I guess it's just where Les Delices de Manon (the yummy patisserie next door/in the Duplay's living room) stores their trash.
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HanriotFran (Vanesa)
Finally!!!! YAY!!!!
I'll comment them later, for now, I'm seeing that you posted your second album in Facebook! Great!
I hope I could go to Paris again and visit my beloved Hanriot's house at Rue de la Clef. It still stoods.
HanriotFran (Vanesa)