![TortureForlEveque](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/88/TortureForlEveque.jpg)
The For-l’Évêque was a
prison
A prison, also known as a jail, gaol (dated, standard English, Australian, and historically in Canada), penitentiary (American English and Canadian English), detention center (or detention centre outside the US), correction center, correc ...
in
Paris
Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...
. It was in operation from 1674 until 1780, and was demolished at the start of the 19th century.
History
Sources
* Jules Édouard Alboise du Pujol, Auguste Maquet, ''Les Prisons de l’Europe'', t. 1, Paris, Administration de librairie, 1850.
* Gaston Maugras, ''Les Comédiens hors la loi'', Calmann Lévy, Paris, Librairie Nouvelle, 1887.
External links
*
Frantz Funck-Brentano, "La Bastille des Comédiens : Le For l’Evêque" in ''Bulletin de la société d’histoire du théâtre,'' 1902, n°3-4, p. 3-94
Defunct prisons in Paris
1674 establishments in France
1780 disestablishments
Buildings and structures demolished in the 19th century
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