Conciergerie

The Conciergerie stretches along the edge of the Seine with heavy, jagged Gothic towers that loom over the riverbank. Once a royal palace for medieval kings, the site shifted into a brutal prison during the French Revolution. Prisoners held here awaited the guillotine while living in damp, overcrowded cells. Marie Antoinette spent her final weeks in a small, guarded room within these walls. Workers replaced her original cell with a memorial chapel, marking the exact spot where the queen once sat.