Conciergerie, Paris

The Conciergerie in Paris was a medieval palace, a court and then a prison. Of particular interest it is where Marie-Antoinette was both tried and imprisoned during the French Revolution. She was executed, and her former cell is now a chapel.

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The vaulted halls of the palace

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Jailer’s stark cell

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