Grande Force

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Grande Force was a principal section of Paris’s historic La Force prison, known for holding male prisoners during the Ancien Régime and the French Revolution.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Petite Force 1

Statements (27)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former prison
prison section
associatedWithEvent French Revolution NERFINISHED
associatedWithGovernment French monarchy
associatedWithRegime Ancien Régime of France NERFINISHED
category Defunct prisons in France
French Revolution prisons
Prisons in Paris
country France
demographicServed male prisoners
heritageStatus historic prison site
historicalSignificance example of pre-revolutionary French carceral system
site of revolutionary-era imprisonment
historicRole major Parisian prison facility
languageOfName French
locatedInTimePeriod Ancien Régime
French Revolution NERFINISHED
location Paris
nameMeaning Great Force
partOf La Force prison NERFINISHED
Paris prison system NERFINISHED
primaryUse detention of male prisoners
relativePosition principal section of La Force prison
status defunct
use criminal detention
political detention
state prison

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La Force prison hadSection Grande Force
Hôtel de la Force hasPart Grande Force
Hôtel de la Force hasPart Grande Force
this entity surface form: Petite Force