Louis-Philippe tasked Marshal Soult to take this city without using capital punishment, which he did in 1831.
Louis-Philippe tasked Marshal Soult to take this city without using capital punishment, which he did in 1831. Joseph Fouche was called the "executioner" of this city, for his incredibly brutal mass executions in which people were shot as a group with grapeshot. That occurred after this city revolted against the National Convention. Silk workers had uprisings here in the 1830's called the "Canut revolts." Marcel Ophuls' film Hotel Terminus was about a location in this city, describing a location where a (*) Gestapo chief brutally tortured resistance members during the German occupation. Klaus Barbie was the "butcher of" this city, where modern-day Interpol is located. For 10 points, name this city, a gastronomically famous place in the Rhone-Alpes region that is the third-largest city in France.
Louis-Philippe tasked Marshal Soult to take this city without using capital punishment, which he did in 1831.
Lyon