French Revolution stuff to do in Paris?

[everworld2662.livejournal.com]

Hey all! I know I can't exactly be called an 'active' member of this comm (in my defence, this is genuinely because I am shocked and horrified by my total lack of knowledge in comparison to most of you, and am seeking to rectify this before I come here and make a fool out of myself), but I'm spending a week in Paris right now and I was wondering if any of you could point me in the general direction of Revolution Must Sees in the area (of which I imagine there would be no little quantity!) I'm here with my father, and he very obligingly took me on a rather long trek down Rue St-Honoré today so I could find the building where Robespierre spent the last 3 years of his life. Seeing the little plaque with his name on it made me ridiculously happy; especially as yesterday we had gone around looking at all the Rimbaud (Arthur) sites we could think of without finding a single mention of him.

Anyway, to cut a long story short, I would be so grateful if you could mention any Revolutionary things to be seen in Paris. I've seen a little bit, but I'm sure I've barely scratched the surface. I will of course take a ton of photos of anything remotely relevant and probably post them here, if that isn't against the rules, or some such. Thank you all in advance. I love this comm, and even though I never post and never comment, I come lurk a lot, and your shared enthusiasm for this wonderful period in history makes me feel in somewhat less lonely in my obsession. So thanks again. ♥

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[victoriavandal.livejournal.com]

Hi - There were a number of posts this autumn (September onwards, I think) when several people on this comm visited/moved to Paris discussing places to go - my computer is misbehaving at the mo (slow slow slow!) but if you scroll back a page or two you should find them! (Musée Carnavalet, Cafe Procope, Conciergerie and others (including a Police museum or something I hadn't heard of before!) - if you're a bit gothy, there's the catacombs, too - the lime pit bones of the guillotined were cleared to the catacombs in the 19thc.

I think others can answer this better than I can, though!