Which Paris palace was stormed on 10 August 1792, leading to the fall of the French monarchy?

The Paris palace stormed on 10 August 1792 was the Tuileries Palace, an attack that effectively ended France’s monarchy.

The palace was the Paris residence of King Louis XVI and his family. Revolutionary crowds, Paris National Guards, and fédérés from the provinces attacked it as distrust of the king deepened. France was already at war with Austria and Prussia, and the Brunswick Manifesto threatened Paris with severe retaliation if the royal family were harmed, intensifying popular anger.

The Tuileries was defended by the Swiss Guards and royalist forces. Fighting killed hundreds of defenders and attackers. Louis XVI and his family escaped the palace and sought refuge with the Legislative Assembly, but the political outcome was decisive: the king was suspended and later imprisoned.

The monarchy was formally abolished on 21 September 1792, and the French Republic was proclaimed the following day. The event is sometimes called “the 10 August” or the “Second Revolution.” It was not the Palace of Versailles, where the royal family had lived before moving to Paris.