Renaming of Place Royale to Place des Vosges
- When
- 1799–1800
- Where
- Place Royale (now Place des Vosges), Paris
- Episodes
- 1
The Parisian Place Royale, built by Henry IV and inaugurated in 1612, was briefly renamed Place de la Fabrication-des-Armes during the Revolutionary period and then formally renamed Place des Vosges. The supplied source dates the formal renaming to 1800, honoring the département of Vosges as the first to pay taxes supporting a Revolutionary army campaign, while the legacy discovery hint gives 1 January 1799; the conflict is retained as unresolved.
Episodes
Background and detail
Background. The square was built by Henry IV of France from 1605 to 1612 and inaugurated in 1612 with a grand carrousel celebrating the engagement of Louis XIII and Anne of Austria. It became a prototype for residential squares in European cities and one of Paris's five royal squares.
Renaming. During the Revolutionary era the square was briefly renamed Place de la Fabrication-des-Armes, literally the place where weapons are produced. It was then formally renamed Place des Vosges in honor of the département of Vosges, which was the first to pay taxes supporting a campaign of the Revolutionary army. The supplied source dates this formal renaming to 1800, but the legacy discovery hint gives 1 January 1799; no supplied passage corroborates either date, so the discrepancy is recorded as unresolved rather than resolved by preference.
Sources
- Place des Vosges Wikipedia, revision of 2026-07-21
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