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Journée des Tuiles

On 7 June 1788 happened in Grenoble the Journée des Tuiles ('Tile Day'). When they learned that King Louis XVI had exiled the Councellors of the local Parliament, citizens of Grenoble climbed on their house roofs and threw tiles down to the Royal troops, which had to leave the city.

France, 1988, Assembly of the Three Estates, Vizille

France, 1988, Journée des Tuiles

France, 1988.06.18, Grenoble & Vizille. Revolution