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A huge number of people were imprisoned there - most of the famous people associated with the Revolution, with the notable exception of King Louis XVI, who was imprisoned in the Temple, and went directly from there to the scaffold. Danton was at the Conciergerie, so was Marie-Antoinette and the Duke of Orleans, as well as the masses of ordinary people who were condemned during the Terror. The Conciergerie was the last step before the guillotine, because the Tribunal was directly above it, and once a prisoner was condemned by the Tribunal they usually went directly out to the tumbrils in the courtyard and taken to the guillotine. If you want to know more about this, I have written a guidebook to Paris during the Revolution that is due to come out this spring - one of the walks it contains takes you on a very detailed tour of the Conciergerie, and tells you much more about who was imprisoned in this very formidable place! Here is the link to find out more. www.pathofthepatriots.com

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