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

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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?

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  1. For la bastille

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

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


  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...

  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

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

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