VIII.1. IN THE FOOTSTEPS OF "DEMONS"

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THE COMMUNARDS WOULD BE ASTONISHED BY THE NEIGHBORHOOD'S TRANSFORMATION, BUT WOULD RECOGNIZE ITS SPIRIT 

Start at the church where they fought the last battle.* 

*Having left the monks and their helpers near place d'Italie, Serizier and his men continued the fight "in the west." That fighting must have taken place in the huge void around the church, the army arriving by the artery built for marching troops.

-- "In the west" and the monks: Gérard Conte, Éléments d'histoire de la Commune dans le 13e arrondissement, 1981

Harald Wolff

Notre-Dame de la Gare

Toward 17h, the battle lost, Communard survivors went home. Sérizier, who was too well known for that, took refuge in a house on rue du Château des Rentiers. 

-- Conte

     Adapted from a map of 1900 / zoom

The path he probably took 

• The passage by which the survivors fled 
• City-run residences for seniors and the handicapped
• Another residence: greening, sculptures, bikes, gyms, gardens
• More social services. More gardens. Local engagement
• Election posters in a real democracy

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The passage by which the survivors fled