Vincennes Prison

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Vincennes Prison was a notorious French state prison and fortress near Paris, historically used to detain political prisoners and notable figures such as Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf French prison
fortress
state prison
adjacentTo Bois de Vincennes
architecturalStyle medieval fortress
category Castles in Val-de-Marne
Forts in Île-de-France
Prisons in France
country France
currentUse heritage site
tourist attraction
formerFunction royal hunting lodge
royal residence
hasPart curtain walls
dungeon
tower
heritageStatus historic monument of France
historicalPeriod Ancien Régime
French Revolution
inception Middle Ages
knownFor detention of intellectuals and nobles
harsh conditions
political repression
languageOfOfficialName French
locatedEastOf Paris city center
locatedIn Vincennes, Indiana
surface form: Vincennes
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory Île-de-France region
surface form: Île-de-France
locatedInBuilding keep of the Château de Vincennes
locatedInDepartment Val-de-Marne
locatedNear Paris
material stone
notablePrisoner Denis Diderot
Honoré Gabriel Riqueti, comte de Mirabeau
Louis de Bourbon, Count of Vermandois
Marquis de Sade
Nicolas Fouquet
officialName Prison de Vincennes
operatedBy French monarchy
French state (partially)
surface form: French state
partOf Château de Vincennes
French royal fortifications
Parisian defensive system
significantEvent imprisonment of Mirabeau in the 1770s
use as a state prison under Louis XV
use as a state prison under Louis XVI
usedFor detention of political prisoners
military fortress functions
state imprisonment

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