The Luxembourg Palace, Paris 1871

Tranquil scene at the Luxembourg Palace, at a time when Paris was in a state of civil war; Paris Commune. At the end of the Franco-Prussian war, Parisian socialists refused to surrender Paris to the rightwing French government, which led to bitter fighting on the streets of the city and large-scale executions of Communards

Bitter Communards Commune Executions Luxembourg Refused Rightwing

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