Jacobin convent

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The Jacobin convent was a former Dominican monastery in Paris that became a central meeting place and symbolic stronghold of the radical Jacobin political movement during the French Revolution.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former monastery
historical building
political meeting place
associatedWith French Revolution
Jacobin Club
radical Jacobin movement
city Paris
country France
functionDuringRevolution central meeting place for Jacobin Club
symbolic stronghold of radical Jacobins
historicalRole center of revolutionary political debate in Paris
influence on revolutionary legislation
locatedIn Paris
Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris
locatedInCountry France
namedAfter Dominican friars known as Jacobins in France
originalFunction Dominican monastery
politicalOrientationOfActivities radical republicanism
revolutionary democracy
religiousAffiliationBeforeRevolution Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Dominican Order
linked to: Order of Preachers
significance important landmark of the French revolutionary period
key site of Jacobin political organization
status no longer existing in its original form
timePeriodOfProminence French Revolution
usedAs meeting place of the Jacobin Club
political club headquarters
usedBy Georges Danton
Jacobin deputies of the National Convention
linked to: Jacobin Club

Jean-Paul Marat
Maximilien Robespierre

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Jacobin Club namedAfter Jacobin convent
September Massacres tookPlaceIn Abbaye prison
linked to: Jacobin convent
September Massacres tookPlaceIn Carmelite convent prison
linked to: Jacobin convent
Society of Friends of the Constitution meetingPlace Jacobin convent in Paris
linked to: Jacobin convent
Dominican convent on Rue Saint-Honoré, Paris clubNameDerivedFrom Jacobin (Dominican) convent
linked to: Jacobin convent