Conciergerie & Sainte Chapelle, Paris

Discover more of France. Get the full Discover France Guide on Conciergerie was the first French kings Palace before Charles V decided to move his residence to le Louvre in 1364. During the French Revolution, la Concergerie was also used as the Revolution Justice Palace. Marie-Antoinette (Louis XVI&wife), Robespierre (defender of human rights during the French Revolution) and thousands of citizens were judged in Conciergerie jail before they got under the Guillotine. Part of the Conciergerie, the Sainte-Chapelle was ordered by the French king Louis IX in 1242 to keep some religious treasures that belonged to the king family. Discover more of Conciergerie & Sainte Chapelle Paris: