The Fête de la Concorde occupies the vast open space of the Place de la Concorde, characterized today by the towering granite obelisk at its center. In seventeen ninety-four, this site held the guillotine during the peak of the Terror. Thousands gathered here to watch the daily executions of royals and revolutionaries alike. The space functioned as a theater of state power, designed to make the grim business of political transition visible to the entire city of Paris.
Fête de la Concorde
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