Prison de la Force, façade sur rue

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The former prison is located in 12-22 homes present Pavée street. Before becoming a prison, it was an ordinary Parisian house. The prison consists of two areas: la Grande Force - a prison for men and la Petite Force - a prison for zhenschin.Upominanie about this prison is found in several literary works: "Brilliance and poverty courtesans" Honore de Balzac, "Secrets of Paris" Eugène Sue " Les Miserables "by Victor Hugo. In real life in this prison were awarded a number of famous personalities like writer de Laclos, the heroes of the revolution and Vergniaux Bailly, Princess Maria Teresa of Savoy, as well as the poisoner Kasten.V prison was killed Princess Lamballe, a close friend of Queen Marie-Antoinette, and executed about 160 zaklyuchennyh.Tyurma was closed in 1845 and its inmates moved to the newly built Mazas prison. Destroyed in the 1850-1851 years. Now, the building is part of the walls of the historic Paris Library, which is issued to the wall tyurmy.