Trench, Citadel of Dinant, Wallonia, Belgium
Parricide table for cutting off the right hand, 1820, and guillotine, in the Citadel of Dinant, a fortress originally built 1051 and rebuilt 1818-21 on a cliff above the town and river Meuse, at Dinant, Wallonia, Namur, Belgium. The citadel was originally built by Nithard prince-bishop of Liege and rebuilt several times, latterly by the Dutch in the 19th century. It is 1 of 4 Meuse Citadels along the river valley
Picture No
13816716
Media ID
45418695
Size
4724px x 7087px
(9.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans Picture Library
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
Date
2021
