Conciergerie
The Conciergerie was once the lodge of power and punishment on the Île de la Cité, in what had been the royal Palais de la Cité—famous in its own right for including the Sainte-Chapelle. From the 11th to 14th centuries, the Capetian palace expanded and concentrated royal justice here, and a custodian, or *concierge*, became central to running the building. During the French Revolution, the Conciergerie functioned as a courthouse and prison. In that period, 2,781 prisoners, including Marie Antoinette, were held, tried, and sentenced here before being transferred to other sites for execution by guillotine. Although the medieval complex belongs to the deep history of the Paris of kings—from earlier fortifications on the island through the rise of the Capetian residence—today only a memorial marks the spot, preserving the name “Conciergerie” and its role in revolutionary justice. …
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