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L'entrée de la prison Mazas sur le boulevard Diderot

Courtesy of Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris | Public Domain

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1896

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http://parismuseescollections.paris.fr/node/126827

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Porte d'entrée de la prison Mazas avec les inscriptions "LIBERTE EGALITE FRATERNITE"

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Courtesy of Musée Carnavalet, Histoire de Paris

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Boulevard Diderot (ex prison Mazas), Paris, France

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Located opposite the Gare de Lyon, it was used from 1850 to 1898 mainly for the internment of ordinary prisoners . The entrance to this prison was initially located 23-25 boulevard Mazas, which therefore gives its name to the prison (before being renamed boulevard Diderot in 1879).

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