Encyclopedia > Communards' Wall

Article Content

Communards' Wall

The Communards' Wall (French Mur des Fédérés) is a memorial in the Père Lachaise cemetery, in Paris, France.

Against this wall, 147 communards, the leaders of the Paris Commune were shot on May 28, 1871 after the fall of the commune.

All Wikipedia text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License

Search Encyclopedia

Search over one million articles, find something about almost anything!

Featured Article

Dynabee

... motion is perpendicular to the torque trying to make the gyro fall over.) The axis of the gyroscope in the Dynabee is fixed to the spinning mass and it rests in a ...