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École de Mars

1794 establishments in FranceFrench RevolutionFrench Revolutionary WarsMilitary academies of France
09213 école de Mars
09213 école de Mars

The École de Mars (School of Mars) was a French military and civic school established in the final months of the Reign of Terror during the French Revolution. Established by the National Convention on 1 June 1794 (13 Prairial Year II), it was located in the Plaine des Sablons in Neuilly-sur-Seine, near Paris. Its purpose was to provide military training and instill republican values in young men selected primarily from the sons of sans-culottes. Operating for only a few months, the school was shut down in October 1794 following the Thermidorian Reaction.

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École de Mars
Rue de Sablonville, Arrondissement of Nanterre

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Rue de Sablonville 5
92200 Arrondissement of Nanterre
Ile-de-France, France
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