THE "TEMPLE, " A PRISON THAT COULD BE HAVE BEEN WORSE

THE ROYALS ARE CONFINED IN THE KNIGHTS TEMPLARS'

13TH-CENTURY STRONGHOLD

    Artist unknown, 1795 / zoom

The gibet is in the background.

Print sold on Ebay / zoom

The enclosed area, toward 1450... 

  Zoom

Imagine the ride with jeers when the king arrives at this far-away place:

Louis the Last and his Family Dernier at the Temple on August 13, 1792 / zoom

The name of the métro station is all that remains of the prison.

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But surveillance was less than at the Tuileries, there were no insults, the food was good and for royals the family life was unique:

     The Royal Family at the Temple by Edward Matthew Ward, 1851 / zoom

Internet (disappeared)

Louis XVI educates his son, anonymous /zoom

For six months their lives

must have been relatively happy.

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