The Carnavalet Museum and its neighborhood
Located in the heart of the Marais, the Carnavalet-History of Paris Museum is both a museum and a commemorative site of the Revolution. Here, one finds the world’s largest collection of artworks and objects from this era. However, the Hôtel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, which hosts a portion of the museum, also conjures up tragic events: in 1793, its owner, the deputy Michel Le Peletier de Saint-Fargeau, was assassinated in the Palais-Royal for having voted for the death of Louis XVI. Around the museum, in the Marais, located between the working-class Saint-Antoine neighborhood and the Hôtel de Ville, several streets still guard traces of the Revolution.
Chronology
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Spring 1795
Uprisings in the neighborhood for a democratic and social republic are suppressed -
1787
Beaumarchais builds a lavish property in the Saint-Antoine neighborhood -
April 27-28, 1789
Worker uprising in the neighborhood protesting against a decrease in wages. The Hanriot and Réveillon offices are pillaged, as is the Réveillon factory. The subsequent crackdown causes approximately 300 deaths -
Spring 1789
Beaumarchais organizes a lavish celebration in the gardens of his property -
July 14, 1789
Jacques de Flesselles, the Provost of Merchants, a resident of the rue de Sévigné, is assassinated on the steps of the Hôtel de Ville -
September 1, 1791
Inauguration of the Theater of the Marais, owned by Beaumarchais -
1792
The home of the Migeons, a rich furniture manufacturing couple is completed on the rue des Francs-Bourgeois -
August 11, 1792
The statue of Louis XIII located in the current Place des Vosges is destroyed -
January 20, 1793
Assassination of deputy Lepeletier de Saint-Fargeau, owner of the mansion with the same name
