Monday, October 20, 2014

CONTRADICTORY PANELS OCCUPIED THIS CROSSROAD



ONE CALLED THE SPACE "THE PLACE DE LA COMMUNE DE PARIS," THE OTHER GAVE HISTORICAL DETAILS BUT LEFT OUT LA COMMUNE 
(UNTIL 2015)

The association "Friends of La Commune" established the Commune sign in 2015. The earlier sign, part of the series a right-wing government put up all over the city toward 2000, remained.


History of Paris
La Butte-aux-Cailles

Pierre Caille [useless erudition] purchases a vine-covered hillside dominating the Bièvre in 1543. He leaves his name to the small agricultural terrain, whose history is hardly affected by the forced landing of the first hot-air balloon carrying the marquis d'Arlauder and Pilâtre de Rozier in 1783 [useless erudition]. The hilltop is crowned by windmills. One of them remains on this small opening until the 1860's. It also provides stones and clay. Between the Révolution of 1848 and World War I, the Butte aux Cailles is colonized by ragpickers and leather workers. The village without a church is populated by farms, workshops and shops in a spirit of conviviality and freedom. [Idyllic]


In 2024 it was removed and "Place de la Commune de Paris" was more prominently displayed: 



The site's messages are political:


Liberty for political prisoners! There for many years.  



Toward 2017-2020 


Toward 2022-2024
"Nationalists not welcome"

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