Walk through the epic story of the French Revolution from the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, to the Terror, guillotine sites, and revolutionary landmarks that changed history forever.
This route has 13 stops.
Place de la Bastille: Start at Place de la Bastille where the iconic fortress-prison was stormed on July 14, 1789—the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
Square Henri-Galli - Bastille Vestiges: Visit Square Henri-Galli to see authentic foundation stones from the Bastille fortress, brought here in the 19th century—rare physical remnants.
Picpus Cemetery: Cimetière de Picpus, private cemetery with 1,306 victims guillotined during the Terror, buried in mass graves near the former Place du Trône guillotine.
Musée Carnavalet: Musée Carnavalet, Paris history museum with Bastille keys, Revolutionary relics, guillotine blade, and Marat's bathtub.
Paris City Hall: Hôtel de Ville, political center where crowds brought the Bastille governor and executed de Launay and Flesselles after the fortress fell.
La Conciergerie: La Conciergerie, Revolutionary Tribunal prison where Marie-Antoinette awaited execution, along with thousands condemned during the Terror.
Palais-Royal Garden: Jardin du Palais-Royal where Camille Desmoulins rallied the crowd on July 12, 1789, calling for arms and the tricolor cockade—sparking pre-Bastille agitation.
Robespierre's House: Maison Duplay where Robespierre lodged during the Terror, at the nerve center of Jacobin power near the Tuileries.
Place de la Concorde: Place de la Concorde (formerly Place de la Révolution), main guillotine site 1792-1794. Louis XVI, Marie-Antoinette, Danton, Robespierre executed here.
Chapelle Expiatoire, memorial chapel built in 1826 on the site where Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette were originally buried after their executions at Place de la Concorde.
Hôtel National des Invalides: Hôtel des Invalides where on the morning of July 14, rioters seized 28,000 rifles before marching to the Bastille to capture gunpowder.
Le Procope: Le Procope, Paris's oldest café (1686), where Danton, Marat, Robespierre, and revolutionaries plotted over coffee. Marat's table and desk are still displayed.