The Conciergerie of Paris ,part II !!!

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I tell you right off the bat had another post more on the history of it but needed to update this one with new text and links for you and me, Can’t be too far away from Paris and I need to bring up again this wonderful monument that must be visited, Paris is a huge mouvable feast indeed. Therefore, let me tell you again by the Conciergerie of Paris, part II !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.

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The building is imposing indeed and even on rainy days in Paris and lines to get in ! This is Power Paris !!! The wonderful golden clock is fantastic to look at and many were doing just that as I got muscled in to take my picture lol! I am a tourist !!! love it !!! As you know the Conciergerie is found on the ïle de la Cité, along the Quai de l’Horloge in Paris. it is the oldest prison in France, very sinister memory moreover! A stroll on the side of this venerable place filled with a thousand memories dating from the Middle Ages is needed, especially when there is more than enough to tell and see.

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When you arrive on the banks of the Seine,you are always amazed to see this majestic building, a mix of architectural styles, to be there. The Conciergerie seems relatively quiet, a beauty for the eyes. The Conciergerie is actually the old Palais de la Cité, which was nothing less than the Palace of the ancient kings of France, the Capetian. The Conciérgerie, also encompassing the modern Palace of Justice.  

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There are two towers, the tour d’Argent or silver tower (where the royal treasury was kept) and the tour de Caesar tower (in memory of the Roman foundations on which the tower was built) were built by king Philip IV the Fair and completed in 1313, and they have reached us , intact. Today, you can appreciate the reflections of the illumination of the Conciergerie at night in the Seine river, it is a must to see.

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You go around to see the Salle des Gens d’Ames built in 1302 under Philippe le Bel, with its magnificent vanted naves, is a vast refectory, while its kitchen presents furniture of yesteryear, its guard room where the king held the “beds of justice », Parliament meetings to imposed laws. The floor where the revolutionary rooms are visited, made up of 3 reconstituted cells, the registrar’s counter, responsible for recording the prisoners, the concierge office, the toilet room, and the expiatory chapel of Marie-Antoinette, Made in 1815 in place and place of its cell.

With a tablet, the histopad, the dungeons reveal the traces of the 4,000 revolutionary prisoners awaiting their trial, the confessional still seems to whisper the revealed secrets and the expiatory chapel of Marie-Antoinette reveals the conditions of her detention. In total, eight rooms, eight stories are told to us in the monument: the kitchens offer the spectacle of a royal banquet which really took place in 1378, the guards room returned to the form of a dungeon space of the period 1780 , La Grand’Chambre finds the splendor of the headquarters of the Parliament of Paris and one could almost follow the path of Marie-Antoinette towards her execution on October 16, 1793, from its cell in place of the Revolution, in great historical rigor, the Tables in augmented reality having been validated by historians thanks to iconographic sources.

There are no less than 2700 sentenced to death in just two years who will go through the Conciérgerie! Marie-Antoinette and Robespierre stayed here, before going to the scaffold, you can also visit the cell of the former Queen of France. The cell was put back in the original state, with wax figures for the guards, dressed in period, objects, sinister … It was nice to see a seat in Marie-Antoinette’s cell that was actually used to do her intimate needs !! In the 19C, the future Napoleon III was also locked up, as well as the anarchists Orsini and Ravachol or Marshal Ney. The prison function will continue until 1914, when it becomes a national monument, and open to the public. A wonder to be seen again and again while in Paris.

The Paris tourist office on the Conciergerie:  https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/conciergerie-p3496

The official National Center of Monuments of France on the Conciergerie : https://www.paris-conciergerie.fr/

There you go folks, another beautiful historical architecturally stunning monument in my eternal Paris, Again, this is a must to see here !! Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Conciergerie of Paris, part II  !!! as I

And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!

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I am a lover of travels to Europe , Americas , Africa and Asia as well ,who like to share my experiences of the last 53 years with the world, visiting so far 81 countries; living in 6, working in 5, and Citizen of 4, speaking fluently 4 languages. I can deal with sports especially football/soccer and love music, arts, wine collector/drinker, and go out to restaurants, and just visit the world. My background comes all the way from Candelaria and Pajara in Tenerife, Spain where my grandparents came from ;not knowing each other then, to Punta Brava, west of Havana, Cuba. There , my parents born in Cuba met and later on I was born there too. 100% guanche (annexed Tenerife to Spain on April 10 ,1496). I left Cuba as many have to Madrid, Spain where I lived for 4 years. Then, move to Perth Amboy ,New Jersey USA (living there 13 yrs) ; where I completed high school, became a US Citizen, learned to drive a car, and learned English. Afterward, went to the university in Florida, ERAU, and upon graduation decided to moved there to Ormond by the Sea, near Daytona Beach, finally moving North Miami, then Hialeah, then another moved to Silver Lakes division in Miramar, Broward county, Florida; in Florida I lived a total of 18 years. Finally , moved to France in 2003 ,Versailles call me for its royalty, and working in Paris was great. It was time to seek frontiers again and moved to Brech near Auray, Morbihan in Brittany , and later move to not too far Pluvigner. Total so far in France has been 20 years, and counting. Moving average a home every 5.5 years hopefully this will be my last. Cheers All rights reserved. No part of this blog may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means or stored in a retrieval system of any nature, without the written permission of the copyright holder, me. No part of this work may be modified, without the written permission of the holder, me.No part of this work may be exposed to public view in any form or by any means, without identifying the holder as the author, and with the before mentioned permission.

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