Spring 2001
Mr. Schwartz

Revolutionary Paris, 1794

Eradicating the Past: in their effort to destroy the Old Regime, revolutionaries changed the names of streets, buildings, and spaces that reflected the "old order" and its domination by kings, aristoctrats, and the church. Notre Dame cathedral, for example, was transformed into "The Temple of Reason" to make it conform to the ideals of secularism and the Enlightenment while effacing a symbol of clerical oppression.

Other such changes in the capital of the Revolution can be discovered in the map below. The changes were indicated on the map by red lettering. [Click on the links to open a large scale map section. Click on the edges of a large map section to proceed to the adjoing section.]

(The origianal map from which the images were scanned is courtesy of
Yale University's Map Collection and Frederick W. Musto, Curator)