Who designed the Eiffel Tower?Where were Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette guillotined?Name the column that honour?

Answer 1

Gustaf Eiffel designed the Eiffel tower for the 1901 great exhibition; Louis XVI & Marie Antoinette were guillotined at the place de concrod; the column is an obelisc from Egypt, but it's name escapes me

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Answer 2

You haven't said how old you are, so I must warn you: some of this might not be appropriate if you are under age 12. Look away if you are, and ask your Mom the same question you posted here. Herein follows a complex answer. First off, the above poster is incorrect. Madame du Barry was the mistress of Louis's grandfather, Louis XV. du Barry was anything but a lady and she was not at all a nice person: she originally came from a high priced brothel and quite literally slept her way to the very top of the social pyramid, stepping on quite a few people to get there while being impudent to anyone she saw as beneath her. As mistress to the King at one point, she made the stupid move of being nasty to Marie Antoinette and paid for it once her lover died: du Barry was sent away from court never to return. Now, Louis and Marie: Marie Antoinette and he were married when they were both about 15 for political reasons, not for love; such arrangements were common and from the perspective of the French it would have been prudent to strengthen alliances with Austria and the Holy Roman Empire, in this case with blood ties. So it had been for centuries. Neither Marie nor Louis particularly had any grand passion for the other and in fact they had some real difficulties early in their marriage since Marie and Louis could not produce an heir-something that was critical to the entire Franco-Austrian alliance, not to mention carrying on the line of power to the next generation. It was a disaster! Louis's younger brother had a son before he did (Duke of Angouleme) and legally for a time this baby became the heir to the French throne. It was a complete humiliation for Marie Antoinette as most of France blamed her for the lack of an heir, whereas most historians now believe the truth was that Louis was more to blame as 1) he was always out hunting and away from her 2) he was noted for having a low, low, low libido, especially in comparison to the two kings that preceded him and 3) it is believed he had a nasty case of phimosis. Sex for him would have been very painful, since his foreskin could not retract. Marie and Louis were married for some time before they ever had a son and that ever important Dauphin, and around the time Marie had a daughter she started taking lovers. Count Ferzen, a Swede, is counted as the most likely suspect. It is unrecorded what Louis thought, but it is doubtful that it was all that important to him as his relationship with Marie was far from that of what we in the modern age would call a normal, healthy marriage based on mutual love and respect. He respected her, certainly, maybe even saw her as a friend, but love? No. PS-If you want to know which monarchs actually did love each other from the same period, the answer is across the Channel. George III, for all of his tyranny in the Colonies and his sad case of porphyria truly did love his Queen Charlotte. He got her pregnant about 15 times. It may be the first recorded case in history where an Englishman outdid a Frenchman in romance!!!

Answer 3

Gustave Eiffel designed the Eiffel Tower and they were guillotined at La Bastille.

Answer 4

Eiffel

King's courner

Column d'Cavrilade