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Conciergerie
Conciergerie is a former royal palace and prison in Paris, France, located on the west of the Île de la Cité, near the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. It is part of the larger complex known as the Palais de Justice, which is still used for judicial purposes. Hundreds of prisoners during the French Revolution were taken from La Conciergerie to be executed on the guillotine at a number of locations around Paris.
Concierge – a horrific prison with distinctive towers, from where the road led to the guillotine were especially used during the Revolution.
Concierge, who occupies the northern part of the old Kapeting palace, ruled the king's attendant (concierge). When King moved into the Marais, the court left the palace, "concierge" has become the chief jailer.
During the revolution were imprisoned here for more than 4,000 prisoners, including Marie Antoinette, which was considered to execution mažutėje cell. Concierge in the building of the Gothic nave of four "armed men in room, where once lived in the king's palace guard. Nineteenth century updates of the eleventh century the palace has remained torture room, Bonbeco tower and the fourteenth century public clock tower. The oldest clock in the city are still in operation.
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