sydhe
King of Kongs
He's the one who destroyed something. The building's not a royal mansion.
New Cumulative history Quiz VII
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He's roughly the right sort of time for the St. Bartholomew's Day Massacre, but other than knowing who he was, I have no idea what he did. If one of the other pictures is a French zoo, it's unlikely to refer to his time as King of Poland.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Does this have to do with his French or his Polish reign?
sydhe
King of Kongs
French reign. Here's another clue, I had to confirm: 
The most famous incident associated with this place.
The most famous incident associated with this place.
Is it a red flag, or perhaps a Red Square?
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
Is it the destruction of the Kazansky Cathedral on Red Square? Henry III is actually Stalin?
sydhe
King of Kongs
A red flag.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
The red flag of socialism originates with the Paris Commune of 1871. The commune's banner was a simple red flag. So does the event take place in Paris? Is it the destruction of the Bastille?
sydhe
King of Kongs
Yes, it is the flag of the Paris Commune, and the incident took place during the Commune.
The man to the upper right saved it in the 1790s when it moved to its present location.
The man to the upper right saved it in the 1790s when it moved to its present location.
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
If you had not said the last part, I would have given my answer as the Tuileries Palace, but I'm guessing that it was something that was inside the palace that was moved, and thus saved from its destruction during the storming of Paris in 1871?
sydhe
King of Kongs
Not the Tuileries, but another palace.
Gen.Mannerheim
Grand Moff
Is it the Palais-Royal?
sydhe
King of Kongs
No. Remember the move took place in the 1790s and that was when it was saved, not during the Commune.
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Odd. You're saying that the place had something destoyed before what you're looking for was built?
Cheezy the Wiz
Socialist In A Hurry
So, the building was moved, and then destroyed? Or something inside the building was moved before the building was destroyed? And the item moved is what we're looking for?
sydhe
King of Kongs
I'll recapitulate
(a) Henri III destroyed something (which later was restored, or there wouldn't be a quiz)
(b) It has something to do with some sort of old zoo. (No one has identified the exact thing in the picture.)
(c) A natural philosopher saved it by moving it from a palace in the 1790s to its current location. [It also got its current name.]
(d,e) It has something to do with the unidentified gentlemen who worked there.
(f) One of the best-known incidents involving it happened during the Paris Commune. The incident took place in Paris.
(g) It still exists in Paris.
I'd better mention, this was located at Versailles before it moved to Paris and became what it is today.
(a) Henri III destroyed something (which later was restored, or there wouldn't be a quiz)
(b) It has something to do with some sort of old zoo. (No one has identified the exact thing in the picture.)
(c) A natural philosopher saved it by moving it from a palace in the 1790s to its current location. [It also got its current name.]
(d,e) It has something to do with the unidentified gentlemen who worked there.
(f) One of the best-known incidents involving it happened during the Paris Commune. The incident took place in Paris.
(g) It still exists in Paris.
I'd better mention, this was located at Versailles before it moved to Paris and became what it is today.
sydhe
King of Kongs
Conceivably, though I don't know for sure. It's something he might well have been interested in.
That was the Ménagerie de Versailles not a zoo! Image is a colourised copper plate by Antoine Aveline.Similar threads
