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Claude Bazire
Claude Basire (1764 – 5 April 1794) was a French politician of the French Revolution, Revolutionary period. Biography Born in Dijon, he became a deputy for the Côte-d'Or in the Legislative Assembly (France), Legislative Assembly, he made himself prominent by denouncing the House of Bourbon, Bourbon and the Tuileries Palace's ''comité autrichien'' (“Austrian committee”, the purported Royalist group supporting the Austrians with whom French Revolutionary Wars, the country was at war). On 20 June 1792, he spoke in favor of the deposition of List of French monarchs, King Louis XVI of France, Louis XVI, though on 20 September he advised discussion before moving to decide in favour of Proclamation of the abolition of the monarchy, abolition. Elected to the National Convention, he affiliated with The Mountain, opposing the adjournment of the king's trial, and voting in favor of his Capital punishment, execution. He joined the attack upon the Girondists, but, as member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dijon
Dijon (, , ) (dated) * it, Digione * la, Diviō or * lmo, Digion is the prefecture of the Côte-d'Or department and of the Bourgogne-Franche-Comté region in northeastern France. the commune had a population of 156,920. The earliest archaeological finds within the city limits of Dijon date to the Neolithic period. Dijon later became a Roman settlement named ''Divio'', located on the road between Lyon and Paris. The province was home to the Dukes of Burgundy from the early 11th until the late 15th centuries, and Dijon became a place of tremendous wealth and power, one of the great European centres of art, learning, and science. The city has retained varied architectural styles from many of the main periods of the past millennium, including Capetian, Gothic, and Renaissance. Many still-inhabited town-houses in the city's central district date from the 18th century and earlier. Dijon's architecture is distinguished by, among other things, '' toits bourguignons'' (Burgu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
