Question Home

Position:Home>History> Where can I find King Louis the XVI's royal seal and a diagram of the Bastil


Question: Where can I find King Louis the XVI's royal seal and a diagram of the Bastille!?
I need to find the royal seal of King Louis XVI that he would have used on a Lettre de Cachet during the French Revolution!. I also need a map or diagram of the Bastille!. Help!?Www@QuestionHome@Com


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker:
At the time of the Revolution, the gold seal of Louis XVI was melted down in order to recover the metal!.
quoted from;
http://www!.elysee!.fr/elysee/elysee!.fr/an!.!.!.

ifound a coin with his "arms":

http://www!.heraldica!.org/topics/france/f!.!.!.

this one is a seal:
http://www!.historicwaxcraft!.com/sealinfo!.!.!.

the bastille diagram on this wiki page is small, but you could print it and then enlarge it!?

http://en!.wikipedia!.org/wiki/BastilleWww@QuestionHome@Com

This site should help you with a diagram and architecture of the Bastille:
http://www!.chezjim!.com/bastille/

This site has the seal of Louis XVI, that he may have used to sign Lettres de cachet for royal prisoners:
http://www!.heraldica!.org/topics/france/f!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

For la bastille
http://www!.discoverfrance!.net/France/Par!.!.!.
Just double click on the Aerial view (It's in french)

Www@QuestionHome@Com

Try this!.!. http://images!.google!.com/images!?sourceid!.!.!.Www@QuestionHome@Com