French Royalists commemorate Execution of King Louis XVI
24th January 2017
On the 224th anniversary of the execution
of King Louis XVI of France, French royalists gathered on the Place
de la Révolution (now known as the Place de la Concorde) to
commemorate his death. The Place de la Révolution was the site of
the King’s execution, in addition to that of his wife, Marie
Antoinette (born an Archduchess of Austria) later that same year.
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