Paris has decided to make more visible its commemoration of the St Bartholomew massacre of Protestants 450 years ago on 24 August 1572, by renaming a park in the city centre.
The St Bartholomew massacre is a black spot on French history, with few public commemorations. The City of Paris decided to commemorate the start of the massacre by renaming a park in the centre of the city and dedicating it to the victims.
On 24 August 1572, on the festival of St Bartholomew, Parisian Catholics hunted down and killed nearly 3,000 Protestants, known as Huguenots.
The massacre then spread across France, leaving between 10,000 and 30,000 Huguenots dead.
While most French people have heard of the massacre, many may not know the details of a pivotal event in the wars of religion.
