Location: 9 Boulevard du Palais, 75004 Paris, Paris.
Site where the Paris insurrection was triggered on August 19, 1944. Courtyard and plaques honoring resistance police officers.
Period recorded for this site: 20th century.
Theme: World War 2.
Coordinates: 48.85500, 2.34680.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: Resistance & Liberation of Paris.
On Resistance & Liberation of Paris: Prefecture de Police where the Paris insurrection was triggered on August 19, 1944. Plaques honor resistance police officers who seized the building, the first major act of the Liberation.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Jean Montauron (16 m); Francis Maurizot (83 m); Libération de Paris (90 m); Gabriel Nicolas de La Reynie (94 m); 60ème anniversaire de la Libération de Paris (97 m).