Even before, but especially during the French Revolution, the Conciergerie served as a prison for up to 1,200 prisoners.
Famous prisoners included Marie-Antoinette, Marie-Jeanne Dubarry, François Ravaillac, Georges Danton and Maximilien de Robespierre.
One room commemorates the names of the 2,780 people who were sentenced to death during the Paris Revolution.

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