Everything about Champ-de-mars totally explained
The
Champ de Mars is a large public green-space in
Paris,
France, located in the
7th arrondissement, between the
Eiffel Tower to the northwest and the
École Militaire to the southeast. The park is named after the
Campus Martius of
Rome. Champ de Mars means "Field of Mars", after
Mars the Roman god of war. It was named for its original use of military drills.
The nearest
Métro stations are
Champ de Mars - Tour Eiffel and
École Militaire.
Champ de Mars Massacre (French Revolution)
During the
French Revolution, the Champ de Mars was the setting of the
Fête de la Fédération, on the
14 July 1790. It was also the setting of a massacre on
July 17 1791, when a crowd collected to draft a petition seeking the removal of King
Louis XVI. This happened just days after the second anniversary of the storming of the
Bastille. After being fired on by assassins in the crowd, soldiers under the martial law orders of the mayor
Jean-Sylvain Bailly opened fire. The
Marquis de Lafayette was later accused by
Jean-Paul Marat, a radical writer, of being involved in the fight. Lafayette wasn't trusted because he was an aristocrat, though he'd been associated with revolutionary culture since his
active involvement in the
American War of Independence. However it's known that Lafayette was in charge of the National Guard that day.
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