Deputy and Minister of Justice, 1759 - 1794

Danton, Georges-Jacques: At the beginning of the Revolution, this attorney from the Saint-Germain neighborhood became famous as an orator and a leader of men. In 1791, he was elected to the Commune of Paris. In 1792, he became the Minister of Justice. He was a member of the Montagnards: he believed in a democratic and social republic. If he then justified the implementation of a State of Emergency, he later denounced its excesses. Now considered an anti-revolutionary, he was executed on April 5, 1794.

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The Ile de la Cité and the Conciergerie and its neighborhood

The Palais de la Cité and the Conciergerie

The Place de la Concorde and its neighborhood

The Guillotine

The Odéon neighborhood

The Cour du Commerce-Saint-André

The Odéon neighborhood

Danton’s Statue