What is the meaning behind the single red flagstone set into the road of Rue de la République, just at the corner of Place de la Bourse (“market square”)? It marks the exact spot where the President of the Republic Sadi Carnot was assassinated by a young Italian anarchist named Santé Caserio on June 24, 1894. Think of the poor president when you set foot on that stone. Or not, after all…Rue de la République, Lyon.
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