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    What is at present, and rather ironically, the name of the square in Paris where most of the executions by guillotine took place during the French revolution?

    Question #105937. Asked by flem-ish. (May 29 09 2:12 PM)


    CapainNemo

    		The irony is lost on me, but I think the answer is Place de la Concorde.

    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Place_de_la_Concorde#History

    May 29 09, 2:17 PM
    flem-ish

    		Well at the time of the Revolution concord end harmony were
    not really what you found in Paris.

    May 29 09, 2:24 PM
    CapainNemo

    		Ah! I see what you're getting at now.

    I was sat here thinking there was some sort of plane connection!

    May 29 09, 2:26 PM
    Arpeggionist

    		Well, in another level of the irony, the word "Concord" in Latin means "where hearts come together" - in a place where heads were often collected and carted off by the dozen, that's pretty ironic indeed...

    May 30 09, 4:09 PM

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