Errancis Cemetery
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Errancis Cemetery or Cimetière des Errancis is a former cemetery in Paris
and was used to dispose of the corpses of guillotine
victims.
was closed. It was used for this purpose between March 25, 1793 until the end of May 1795. The memorial plaque -which is located on Rue de Monceau, between number 97 and the corner with Rue de Rocher- states that 1119 victims of the guillotine were buried here.
Reputed to have been buried here (amongst the many others), the date is the date of death:
Famous others:
between 1844 and 1859 (probably around 1848) when the Boulevard de Courcelles was constructed.
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and was used to dispose of the corpses of guillotine
Guillotine
The guillotine is a device used for carrying out :executions by decapitation. It consists of a tall upright frame from which an angled blade is suspended. This blade is raised with a rope and then allowed to drop, severing the head from the body...
victims.
History and location
The cemetery opened on March 5, 1793 and was finally closed on April 23, 1797. On the site there are now apartments. The cemetery was located between the current Boulevard de Courcelles, Rue de Rocher, Rue de Monceau and Rue de Miromesnil, at that time a plot running along le mur des Fermiers-Généraux.During the French Revolution
It was used to "bury" the bodies of the victims of the guillotine after the Madeleine CemeteryMadeleine Cemetery
Cimetière de la Madeleine is also the name of a cemetery in AmiensMadeleine Cemetery in French known as Cimetière de la Madeleine is a former cemetery in Paris, part of the land on which the Chapelle expiatoire now stands.-History and location:...
was closed. It was used for this purpose between March 25, 1793 until the end of May 1795. The memorial plaque -which is located on Rue de Monceau, between number 97 and the corner with Rue de Rocher- states that 1119 victims of the guillotine were buried here.
Reputed to have been buried here (amongst the many others), the date is the date of death:
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.
After the French Revolution
As with the Madeleine Cemetery, the bodies decomposed to a state where they could no longer be identified, this to the dismay of Louis XVIII, who came looking for the remains of his sister in 1815. The skeletal remains were moved to the Catacombs of ParisCatacombs of Paris
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between 1844 and 1859 (probably around 1848) when the Boulevard de Courcelles was constructed.