Where can I find King Louis the XVI's royal seal and a diagram of the Bastille?

Question

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?

Answer 1

For la bastille

http://www.discoverfrance.net/France/Par...

Just double click on the Aerial view (It's in french)

Answer 2

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...

Answer 3

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/Bastille

Answer 4

Try this.. http://images.google.com/images?sourceid...