The Île de la Cité is one of two remaining natural river islands in the Seine within the city of Paris. It is the center of Paris and the location where the medieval city was refounded.
The Palais de la Cité, also known as La Conciergerie was the residence of the Kings of France from the sixth century until the 14th century. From the 14th century until the French Revolution, it was the headquarters of the French treasury, judicial system and the Parlement of Paris, an assembly of nobles. During the Revolution it served as a courthouse and prison, where Marie Antoinette and other prisoners were held and tried by the Revolutionary Tribunal. Both parts of the Conciergerie and Saint-Chapelle are classified as national historical monuments and can be visited, though most of the Palais de Justice is a working courthouse and is therefore closed to the public.

On the night of 2 August 1793, Marie-Antoinette, “the widow Capet”, was awakened abruptly in the Temple prison. Asked to get dressed, she was quickly separated from her daughter, Madame Royale, and from her sister-in-law, Madame Elisabeth. She was then transferred, under armed escort, to the prison in the Conciergerie. On arrival, Marie Antoinette was taken directly to the cell that had been reserved for her. Two police officers, with orders not to take their eyes off of her, guarded her night and day. A low screen divided her cell: one side for the police officers, the other for the prisoner. The ex–queen, detained “in secret”, was completely isolated from the other prisoners. At the end of August, a municipal officer brought a mysterious individual to see Marie Antoinette. The Chevalier de Rougeville dropped a white carnation, which contained a hidden message. It was an escape plan that required the prison warders to be “bought”. The plan very nearly succeeded. On the night of 2 September, Marie- Antoinette even came out of her cell… But at the last moment officer Gilbert caused the plan to fail completely.

During the Restoration, and according to the wishes of Louis XVIII, Marie Antoinette’s sordid cell was transformed into a remarkable oratory dedicated to her memory. A dedication to Louis XVIII and an extract from the “will” of the “martyred queen” found a few months previously were engraved on a small marble altar. Three paintings set out the stages of her imprisonment. This small memorial was officially inaugurated on 16 October 1816.

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