Louis XVI
King of France from 1774 to 1792
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| 2024 |
Women's March on Versailles
The Olympic marathon course for the Summer Olympics was designed to follow a similar route to the historic Women's March on Versailles, commemorating the revolutionary path.
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| 2024 | Historical drama film 'The Flood' was released, directed by Gianluca Jodice and featuring Guillaume Canet and Mélanie Laurent portraying Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette in the final period of their monarchy. |
| 2024 |
Marie Antoinette
During the Paris Summer Olympics opening ceremony, the heavy metal band Gojira performed a dramatic depiction of Marie Antoinette's severed head singing, referencing the French Revolution.
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| August 7 2024 | The Flood was selected as the opening film for the 77th Locarno Film Festival, marking a significant premiere for the movie. |
| 2023 |
Paul Barras
Tahar Rahim depicted Paul Barras in the biographical film 'Napoleon'.
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| 2023 |
Maximilien Robespierre
Sam Troughton portrayed Robespierre in the film Napoleon.
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| May 2023 | Filming of 'The Flood' concluded after a six-week production period in Turin and Rome. |
| 2022 |
Marie Antoinette
Marie Antoinette's story was dramatized in a television series co-produced by Canal+ and BBC.
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| October 2022 |
Chamber of Horrors
The Chamber of Horrors exhibition was reopened after a six-year hiatus, returning to the Madame Tussauds museum in London.
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| 2020 |
Marie Antoinette
A silk shoe belonging to Marie Antoinette was sold at an auction in the Palace of Versailles for 43,750 euros ($51,780).
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| September 2020 |
Statue of Louis XVI
The statue was removed to a city storage facility following the vandalism, with restoration costs estimated at $200,000.
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| May 2020 |
Statue of Louis XVI
The statue was vandalized during the George Floyd protests.
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| 2019 |
John Adams
The HBO miniseries 'John Adams' was inducted into the Online Film & Television Association Awards Hall of Fame for Television Programs, recognizing its significant contribution to television history.
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| 2018 |
Maximilien Robespierre
Louis Garrel portrayed Robespierre in One Nation, One King.
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| 2018 |
Louis XVII
Kamijo released another musical piece called 'Sang', which also relates to Louis XVII.
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| 2016 |
Maximilien Robespierre
Nicolas Vaude portrayed Robespierre in The Visitors: Bastille Day.
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| April 11 2016 |
Chamber of Horrors
The original Chamber of Horrors closed and was replaced by the Sherlock Holmes Experience.
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| 2014 |
Maximilien Robespierre
Guillaume Aretos voiced Robespierre in the animated film Mr. Peabody & Sherman.
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| 2014 |
Louis XVII
Kamijo released the musical work 'Symphony of the Vampire', which references or relates to Louis XVII.
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This contents of the box above is based on material from the Wikipedia articles Louis XVII, The Flood (2024 film), Marie Antoinette, Women's March on Versailles, Maximilien Robespierre, Captain of the Guard (film), Chamber of Horrors (Madame Tussauds), Statue of Louis XVI, John Adams (miniseries) & Paul Barras, which are released under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.