Port-Royal Abbey, Paris

Port-Royal Abbey, Paris

Port-Royal Abbey was an abbey in Paris. It was first built in 1626 to relieve pressure of numbers on the mother house at Port-Royal-des-Champs. It was closed down in 1790 after the French Revolution and from 1793 used as a prison under the name Prison de Port-libre or Prison de la Bourbe. Chrétien Guillaume de Lamoignon de Malesherbes (lawyer for Louis XVI during his trial) and Madame de Tourzel, former governess of the royal children, were held here.


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