They Discover in France a 16th Century Gallows Used for Executions During Religious Wars

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Archaeological vestiges located in the city of Grenoble, in the southeast of France, revealed a rare 16th-century gallows used for the execution and exhibition of death row inmates. The finding provided new evidence about the practices of punishment during the religious wars that marked that historical period in the country. The excavation took place in the esplanade sector, near the Isère and Drac rivers, at the northern entrance of the city. T…

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Dozens of skeletons and a masonry: In Grenoble, archaeologists have come across a site dating back to the 16th century – where the corpses of the condemned once hung.