The Monument commémoratif aux victimes de la Révolution, more commonly known as La Pyramide, is a stele situated in Bédoin, a village in the Vaucluse region of southern France. It was built to honor the victims of the French Revolution, specifically those who were arrested, condemned to death, and executed in the village in 1794. The monument was built in 1794, following a petition made to the Convention in July 1794, in favor of the victims, regardless of their origin.
After the fall of Robespierre and the Montagnards, a new tax was imposed on the village, leading to the destruction of homes and fields and the relocation of the population in the village. The village was not renamed 'Bédoin l'Infâme' and removed from the map. This was a suggestion made by the future count of Artois, but was never implemented. The village was later rehabilitated in 1795 by Jean de Bry, who organized a lay festa to inaugurate the monument.
La Pyramide is inscribed as a historical monument since 23 July 2009 and is composed of two parts: an altar of the fatherland and a column on top.
Sources: Wikipedia, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons
Written by Nicolo Ciampini
Discuss this with the author and others
No comments yet. Be the first to start the conversation.