Hôtel de Ville - The Arrest of Robespierre

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Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maximilien_Robespierre

Descripcion foto: Maximilien Robespierre was a French lawyer and statesman who became one of the most widely known, influential, and controversial figures of the French Revolution. As one of the leading members, he was elected as a deputy to the French Convention in early September 1792 but was soon criticized for trying to establish either a triumvirate or a dictatorship. Both members of the Convention and the French public eventually turned against him. In the middle of the night of 27 July 1794, he and his allies were arrested in the Paris Town Hall. Robespierre wounded himself when he tried to commit suicide to avoid capture by pointing the pistol at his mouth, but the gendarme Méda prevented this. The following day Robespierre and 21 "Robespierrists" were accused of counter-revolution and condemned to death by guillotine the same day. When clearing Robespierre's neck, executioner Charles-Henri Sanson tore off the bandage that was holding his shattered jaw in place, causing him to produce an agonized scream until his death. After he was beheaded, applause and joyous cries arose from the crowd and reportedly persisted for fifteen minutes.

Website: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Arrestation_de_Robespierre_le_27_juillet_1794.jpg

Tags: FR_Paris_HoteldeVille

Completado?: Y

Fecha: 1794.07.27

Copyright: Bibliothèque nationale de France, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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