Friday, August 10, 2007

French and Ottoman Falls

The Dying LionOn this day in 1792, the Tuileries Palace was stormed. The heroic Swiss Guards are commemorated in Lucerne, Switzerland with the Dying Lion.

128 years later, the Treaty of Sèvres was signed, recognizing the partitioning of the Ottoman Empire.

Update: also at Tea at Trianon

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