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The Phantom of the Bastille (Madame Tussaud and the Chamber of Horrors)
01/24/2024
The Phantom of the Bastille (Madame Tussaud and the Chamber of Horrors)
On July 12, 1789, a crowd of protestors furious over King Louis XVI’s policies swarmed Madame Tussaud and Philippe Curitus’s wax museum, demanding busts of prominent political figures. This episode led to bloodshed that same afternoon. Two days later, a mob stormed the Bastille, a medieval prison, marking the outbreak of the French Revolution. Soon after, the Den of Illustrious Thieves exhibited objects associated with the Bastille, including an effigy of the notorious Comte de Lorges, a pris...
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