La Force prison

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La Force prison was a notorious Parisian jail during the French Revolution, known for housing political prisoners and being a major site of revolutionary violence.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf building in Paris
former prison
prison
architecturalOrigin converted from aristocratic residence
associatedWith Revolutionary Tribunal
surface form: French Revolutionary Tribunal

Reign of Terror
convertedToPrisonIn 1780
country France
currentStatus no longer extant
demolishedIn 1845
1846
event September Massacres
surface form: September Massacres of 1792
governedBy Préfecture de police de Paris
surface form: Paris authorities
Grande ForceFunction male prisoners
hadSection Grande Force
Petite Force
knownFor September Massacres
harsh conditions
political prisoners
revolutionary violence
languageOfName French
locatedIn 4th arrondissement of Paris
Marais district
surface form: Le Marais

Paris
Rue Malher
Rue Pavée
Rue du Roi-de-Sicile
mentionedIn French Revolutionary histories
namedAfter Duc de La Force
notablePrisoner Armand Louis de Gontaut
Beau Brummell
Charlotte Corday
Claude Fauchet
Madame Roland
Marie Antoinette
Marquis de Sade
numberOfPrisonersKilledDuringSeptemberMassacres about 160
openedAsPrison 1780
operatedDuring Ancien Régime
First French Empire
French Revolution
July Monarchy
originallyBuiltAs Hôtel de la Force
surface form: Hôtel de La Force

private mansion
Petite ForceFunction female prisoners
siteCurrentlyOccupiedBy Rue Malher area buildings
usedFor detention of common criminals
detention of debtors
detention of political suspects

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September Massacres tookPlaceIn La Force prison
September Massacres tookPlaceIn La Force prison
this entity surface form: Bicêtre prison
Libéral Bruant notableWork La Force prison
this entity surface form: Hôtel de la Force prison buildings