The French Revolution
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Of the three canals, Saint-Martin is the most notorious. It flowed silently underground from the Place de la Bastille to the Bassin de l’Arsenal – a place heavily associated with the French Revolution that took place in 1789-1799 when a prisoner was attacked.
Given the canal’s bloody and dark history, the authorities truly had no idea what lay waiting in the murky water.
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