Sep 9, 2015 · French Azilum in Bradford County, PA was a refuge for French aristocrats fleeing the French Revolution. It's even said Marie Antoinette would have come here if she had escaped France.

Jul 21, 2021 · But 228 years ago, a strange little village rose from the wilderness of what is now called Pennsylvania’s Endless Mountains. About 50 aristocratic families fleeing the French Revolution escaped the guillotine by settling in a pop-up …

During the French Revolution, French aristocrats fled the extraordinary and prolonged violence in their country and came to the wilderness of present day Bradford County, Pennsylvania. These political refugees began settling into the “Azilum” in 1793.

French Azilum (French: Asile français) was a planned settlement built in 1793 in Bradford County, Pennsylvania for French refugees fleeing the French Revolution and slave uprisings in Saint-Domingue. [1]

Jul 12, 2012 · Architecturally, the crème-de-la-crème of the colony was an opulent 3,600 square foot mansion dubbed “Le Grande Maison.” Some historians believe the massive house was Pennsylvania’s...

Aug 11, 2016 · Despite France's crucial role in helping America win independence from Britain during the Revolutionary War, the newly born United States did not return the favor when France's own political...

Located on a horseshoe bend along the Susquehanna River in northeastern Pennsylvania's Endless Mountains region

Life in northeastern Pennsylvania must have been very different for the nobles who made their way to Azilum. Many French who fled the Revolution settled in Philadelphia, as well as other large French settlements in the new United States, particularly Cahokia, Illinois and …

Jan 17, 2025 · EAST BERLIN, Pa. (AP) — An American accused of sexually assaulting a college student in 2013 and later sending her a Facebook message that said “So I raped you” was ordered held without bail Friday during a court hearing in Pennsylvania.. The appearance by Ian Cleary, 31, of Saratoga, California, came a day after he arrived back in the U.S.

Feb 26, 2016 · In 1789, aristocrats started scurrying out of revolutionary France like rats off a sinking ship. One group of these posh refugees ended up in a most unlikely place – the wilds of Pennsylvania.