If you are looking for one of the French Revolution's most historic sites in Paris, the famous (or infamous) Jacobin Club, I'm afraid you're going to be sadly disappointed. (photo: Maximillien Robespierre.)According to an acquaintance here in Paris, the revolutionary-era Jacobin club was located on the "Place du Marché-Saint-Honoré"; in fact, the Dominican convent where the meetings of the Club des Jacobins were held, was destroyed to make room for a market, which was inaugurated in 1810. Although the market no longer exists, the square remains, but "there is now a very ugly concrete garage right in the middle of the square." (Thanks Marie.)
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