Real tennis is a precursor of presenp day lawn tennis; two players use rackets to hit a ball so it bounces between them. Originally the players hit the ball…
On 20 June 1789 when the Hall of Revels, where the estates general (a meeting will representatives from all areas of France) was to be held, was closed at the…
Following a decree in the Convention of 11 Brumaire Year II, the Tennis Court Oath building became the property of the Nation. The former real tennis court then…
The work of restoring the very dilapidated building and its decoration started in 1880 under the direction of the architect Edmond Guillaume. He built a doric…
The names of the men who signe the oath were painted in a leafwork frieze around the room and 20 busts depicting the most eminent members of the Assembly were…
Real tennis racket and ball.
Small scale model of the Bastille jail, which was stormed on July 14, 1789, a symbol of the transition from monarchy to democracy.
