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Bailly receives king at Hotel de Ville

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Bailly receives king at Hotel de Ville

Bailly, Jean-Sylvain · Paris · Mayor of Paris

Bailly formally welcomed Louis XVI to Paris after the Bastille's fall. The encounter symbolized the king's need to recognize the political authority claimed by the revolutionary municipality.

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