The French Revolution in the Latin Quarter
Paris, France
This walk through a small corner of Paris traces the French Revolution as it moved from ideas to street-level conflict. From Saint-Sulpice to the Abbaye Prison, you follow debates over rights, citizenship, and who truly represented the nation. Along the way, figures like Olympe de Gouges, Camille Desmoulins, Jean-Paul Marat, and Georges Danton show how print, speech, and crowds drove events toward the Terror.
The stops
- 01 Saint-Sulpice
Saint-Sulpice is a major parish church in the sixth arrondissement of Paris, rebuilt mainly in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries near several revolutionary-era homes.
- 02 Olympe de Gouges's Residence
Olympe de Gouges's Residence marks the home area linked with the playwright and political writer Olympe de Gouges near Saint-Sulpice on the Left Bank.
- 03 Palais du Luxembourg
The Palais du Luxembourg is a seventeenth-century palace built for Marie de' Medici that served as a revolutionary prison and today houses the French Senate.
- 04 Camille Desmoulins's Residence
Camille Desmoulins's Residence marks the home area associated with the journalist and revolutionary orator Camille Desmoulins near the Cordeliers quarter.
- 05 Réfectoire des Cordeliers
The Réfectoire des Cordeliers is the surviving dining hall of the former Cordeliers convent, completed in 1506 and later used by the revolutionary Cordeliers Club.
- 06 Site of Marat's Assassination
The Site of Marat's Assassination marks the place where the revolutionary journalist Jean-Paul Marat was killed by Charlotte Corday on 13 July 1793.
- 07 Statue of Danton, Place Henri Mondor
The Statue of Danton is a bronze monument unveiled in 1891 at Place Henri Mondor on the site associated with Georges Danton's home in the Cordeliers district.
- 08 Cour du Commerce Saint-André
Cour du Commerce Saint-André is a narrow passage opened in 1776, known in revolutionary history for Marat's printing press and for the workshop linked with the guillotine prototype.
- 09 Café Procope
Café Procope is a historic café founded in 1686 in the Latin Quarter, long associated with Enlightenment writers and revolutionary politicians.
- 10 The Massacres of September 1792
This stop marks the area linked with the September Massacres of 1792, when prisoners in Paris jails were killed by crowds and improvised tribunals.
- 11 Prison de l'Abbaye (Abbaye Prison)
The Prison de l'Abbaye was a prison created from former abbey buildings near Saint-Sulpice and became notorious for killings during the September Massacres of 1792.
The narration at every stop is in the app — this is the map of where it takes you, with a line on each stop.
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