La Conciergerie
La Conciergerie is
located in the Ile de la Cite in Paris and was the first royal residence in
Paris. It was commissioned by the first French King called Clovis in the 6th
Century. It was originally known as the
Palais de la Cite. La Conciergie had a gothic style
and was long reaching the 64 meters 27.5 meters wide and 8.5 meters tall. It was the Palace of French kings from the 10th
century until the Royal residence was moved to the Louvre in 1358. Later La
Conciergerie became a prison in 1391 since it was very close to the Palace
of Justice. During the French
Revolution in 1793-1794 about 2,780 people were sentenced to death and detained
in La Conciergerie and later beheaded
in the Place de la Concorde. The French Queen Marie-Antoinette and sister
of the King of Austria were among the people detained in La Conciergie at that time.
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