Place du Carrousel

The Place du Carrousel (French pronunciation: [plas dy kaʁuzɛl]) is a public square in the 1st arrondissement of Paris, located at the open end of the courtyard of the Louvre Palace, a space occupied, prior to 1883, by the Tuileries Palace.

[1] On 5 October 1789, a mob from Paris descended upon Versailles and forced the royal family — Louis XVI, Marie Antoinette, and their children, along with the Count of Provence (later King Louis XVIII), his wife Marie Joséphine of Savoy, and Madame Elisabeth, the youngest sister of the King — to move to Paris under the watchful eye of the National Guard.

After many delays, an escape was eventually attempted on 21 June 1791, but failed when the entire family was captured twenty-four hours later at Varennes and taken back to Paris within a week.

On 20 June 1792, "a mob of terrifying aspect" broke into the Tuileries and made the King wear the red Phrygian cap to show his loyalty to the revolution.

On 13 August, the royal family was imprisoned in the tower of the Temple in the Le Marais district, under conditions considerably harsher than their previous confinement in the Tuileries.

On 23 May 23, 1871, during the suppression of the Paris Commune, twelve men under the orders of a Communard, Dardelle, set the Tuileries on fire at seven in the evening, using petroleum, liquid tar, and turpentine.

This site is served by the metro station named Palais Royal - Musée du Louvre.