Carmelite Prison, Paris

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Carmelite Prison, Paris was a former Parisian convent converted into a revolutionary-era prison notorious for holding political detainees during the French Revolution.

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Carmelite Prison, Paris canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former convent ⓘ
former prison ⓘ
historical building ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Carmes Prison ⓘ
Couvent des Carmes ⓘ
associatedWith French revolutionary tribunals ⓘ
persecution of non-juring priests ⓘ
commemoratedAs site of the Martyrs of September 1792 ⓘ
commemoratedBy Catholic Church ⓘ
convertedTo prison ⓘ
country France ⓘ
dateOfEvent 2 September 1792 ⓘ
3 September 1792 ⓘ
eraOfUseAsPrison late 18th century ⓘ
event September Massacres ⓘ
heritage site of martyrdom of priests ⓘ
historicalPeriod French Revolutionary period ⓘ
languageOfName French ⓘ
locatedIn 6th arrondissement of Paris ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
Rue de Vaugirard ⓘ
Île-de-France ⓘ
notableFor September Massacres of 1792 ⓘ
linked to: September Massacres

holding political detainees ⓘ
notablePrisonerType Catholic clergy ⓘ
nobility ⓘ
political opponents of the Revolution ⓘ
originalFunction Carmelite convent ⓘ
partOf network of Paris revolutionary prisons ⓘ
perpetratorsType revolutionary mobs ⓘ
sans-culottes ⓘ
politicalContext Reign of Terror ⓘ
anti-clerical violence ⓘ
religiousOrder Carmelites ⓘ
linked to: Carmelite Order
status no longer used as a prison ⓘ
usedDuring French Revolution ⓘ
usedFor detention of clergy ⓘ
detention of political suspects ⓘ
victimsCountApproximate about 115 to 120 prisoners killed ⓘ
victimsType political prisoners ⓘ
refractory priests ⓘ
religious prisoners ⓘ

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Alexandre de Beauharnais → detainedAt → Carmelite Prison, Paris ⓘ