Notre-Dame hosts the Festival of Reason
1793 · Event
At the height of revolutionary dechristianisation, Notre-Dame de Paris is rededicated as a Temple of Reason, an actress enthroned as Liberty where the altar stood. Churches across France close; even Robespierre thinks it has gone too far.
On these timelines: French Revolution, France, Master, Christianity, Major Religions
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