Those sandals followed her from Versailles to the Bastille and then to the Conciergerie. It was here that she was convicted and sent to the guillotine in the Plaza de la Revolución. He only took off his sandals at the last minute before the guillotine fell.
Although they were made of luxurious materials, the sandals could not save their owner from death. But it will always be a historical witness, marking Marie Antoinette’s last steps before falling into the hands of the executioner.
Today, those shoes are displayed in the Louvre Museum in Paris as an important relic of the French monarchy and also as a memorable souvenir from a bloody period in history.
