The People's Palace: The Louvre Opens Its Doors, August 10, 1793
On August 10, 1793 — a year to the day after the French monarchy fell — the Louvre opened as a public museum, declaring that art belonged to the nation.
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The Day the Revolution Beheaded a King
On January 21, 1793, Louis XVI was guillotined at the Place de la Révolution, ending a thousand years of unbroken French monarchy.