Tuileries Palace - The Insurrection of 10 August 1792

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Description: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Insurrection_of_10_August_1792

Descripcion foto: The insurrection of 10 August 1792 was a defining event of the French Revolution when armed revolutionaries in Paris stormed the Tuileries Palace. The conflict between King Louis XVI of France and the country's new revolutionary Legislative Assembly increased through the spring and summer of 1792 as Louis vetoed radical measures voted upon by the Assembly. On 10 August, the National Guard of the Paris Commune and fédérés from Marseille and Brittany stormed the King's residence in the Tuileries Palace, which was defended by the Swiss Guards. Six hundred Swiss guardsmen and 400 revolutionaries were killed in the battle, and Louis and the royal family took shelter with the Legislative Assembly. The formal end of the monarchy occurred six weeks later on 21 September as one of the first acts of the new National Convention, which established a republic on the next day.

Website: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/56/Jacques_Bertaux_-_Prise_du_palais_des_Tuileries_-_1793.jpg

Tags: FR_Paris_PalaceTuileries

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Fecha: 1792.08.10

Copyright: Jean Duplessis-Bertaux, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

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