Carmes Prison
Persecution of CatholicsPrisons in ParisReligion and the French Revolution
The Carmes Prison (French - prison des Carmes) was a prison of the French Revolution. It was set up in what had been the Carmes Monastery in Paris. It formed a vast enclosure bounded by rue du Regard, rue du Cherche-Midi and rue Cassette - it was also bordered to the south by rue de Vaugirard. It was the site of one of the September Massacres in 1792 and features in the 1927 film Napoléon.
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Rue Cassette, Paris 6th Arrondissement (Paris)
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Institut Catholique de Paris
Rue Cassette
75006 Paris, 6th Arrondissement (Paris)
Ile-de-France, France
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