THE FRENCH MONARCHY WAS EUROPE'S MOST POWERFUL, EVEN BEFORE LOUIS XIV.
THEN HIS SPECTACULAR ENTRY AND ITS ITINERARY ANNOUNCED A STILL MORE MUSCULAR REGIME
(On August 26, 1660)
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Maurice Leloir in Le Roy Soleil by Gustave Toudoze, 1931 |
The celebrated illustrator Maurice Leloir granted that entry a rare double page in this history for children.
The cortège came together in the east (where place de la Nation is now) and took the east-west trade route to enter Paris by the Saint-Antoine gate.
It continued along that route, which was relatively straight...
Adapted from a map of 1739 / zoom
...and had been widened for tournaments...
The Deadly Joust of Henri II on Rue Saint-Antoine, June 30, 1659 / zoom
...along which Louis's grand-father's and father's innovations lay:
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| Rue Saint Antoine |
# # # Before we follow it a word on how starting the cortège at Bastille had an immediate political goal. |
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