Visite guidée : La Révolution française dans le Marais

This tour allows you to grasp the unfolding of the French Revolution in the Marais, a central district situated between the Bastille prison and City Hall. The tour begins with a review of the factors that led to the Revolution. In particular, the economic and historical circumstances that prompted the king to convene the Estates General, the gathering that brought together, in the early summer of 1789, deputies from the three social classes from across the country to find solutions to the moral crisis and massive debts plaguing the kingdom.

Although the assembly sat in Versailles, it was in Paris that the Revolution broke out, most symbolically around the Bastille prison.

A few traces of this past remain on the square and its immediate surroundings. Heading down Rue Saint-Antoine, rich in memory, the tour will introduce more notable figures, as well as numerous historic buildings and remnants from this era, notably the first women's political club located inside a magnificent 16th-century church! The route will cross Place des Vosges, transformed into a vast training ground for future soldiers, before reaching the heart of the Marais and its many traces of the past: homes of Robespierre and Barras, a theatre built with stones from the Bastille, a house from 1792, and much more.

The next stop will be the Musée Carnavalet and its fantastic collection dedicated to the Revolution: alongside paintings and furniture, numerous symbolic, anecdotal, or even unique objects are on display. Upon exiting, a discreet section of wall nearby stands as the sole vestige of the Prison de la Force, one of the most prominent of the revolutionary era, where the terrible massacres of September 1792 took place.

Finally, after a short metro ride, the tour will conclude in front of Paris City Hall, which was the nerve center of radical "Sans-Culottes" power against the revolutionary government, witnessing countless assemblies, riots, and popular uprisings that repeatedly shaped the history of France.