On Saturday 6th May, celebrations were held at the Maison Robespierre to mark the 265th anniversary of Robespierre's birth. The Mayor of Arras, Frédéric Leturque was present to outline the future plans for a museum / interpretative centre on the site.
The project represents the fruits of thirty-five years of campaigning by the ARBR (Amis de Robespierre pour le Bicentenaire de la Révolution). Here is the organisation's president, Alcide Carton with M. Leturque (left):
As can be seen in this picture from La Voix du Nord, the building is at present pretty much an empty shell:
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