Episode 4 of 5
Execution at the Place du Trône Renversé
- When
- 17 July 1794
- Where
- Place du Trône Renversé (now Place de la Nation), Paris
On the night of 17 July 1794 the sixteen Carmelites were guillotined at the Place du Trône Renversé, facing death without fear and forgiving their guards.
On the night of 17 July 1794, the sisters were transported through the streets of Paris in an open cart, a journey that took two hours. A crowd gathered, as usual, at the Place du Trône Renversé (now called Place de la Nation), the site of the executions, to watch, but the sisters showed no fear and forgave their guards. They were executed by guillotine towards the end of the Reign of Terror.
Sources
- Martyrs of Compiègne Wikipedia, revision of 2026-09-03
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