Church of Saint Marguerite - a classical façade, a rectangular bell tower, white with dark blue - looks among the surrounding modern buildings are very comfortable, even a little bit of country style. Meanwhile, it is associated with one of the most intriguing mysteries of Europe.

In 1624, when the church was built, and there was a village. Since then, much has changed - not only around, but also within the church. It has repeatedly extended, in 1760 built a chapel Soul-in-purgatory, made famous by the architectural blende Victor Louis. The walls are painted so rows of columns that give the impression of greater than actually space. The effect is complemented by the stunning dramatic picture Gabriel Briard "The transition of souls from purgatory to heaven."

The church was a cemetery. A small part of it is preserved, which is rare for Paris. Modest board says that 73 people are buried here, guillotined during the revolution in the Place de la Bastille, and the child, who died in the tower of the Temple. "A child of the Temple" - this is a mystery that is not haunted by the researchers: whether he was the son of the executed Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette, the young dauphin Louis-Charles, King Louis XVII?

When the parents of eight Dauphin executed, the royal houses of Europe and the US Government recognized the rightful king. Actually, he was. Do you remember this boy, when he was left alone in the chamber of the Temple? She feeds him, but did not communicate with him. While the outside world Cavaliers made plans for his release, but the Republicans seriously pondered the option to restore the monarchy, the young king was ill, and degraded chah alone. In June 1795, at the age of ten, he, according to the official version, died of scrofula and was buried in the cemetery of Saint-Marguerite.

Rumors that the king is not buried, and the other boy went once and have created a great many impostors, not only in Europe but also in the New World (Mark Twain "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" describes the scammer, is a "late Dauphin"). About Louis-Charles volume written fiction and nonfiction. In 2000, DNA analysis of the heart of the dead child in the Temple (it withdrew the doctor at the opening) and DNA hair of Marie Antoinette showed a match genetic traits. Heart solemnly buried in the royal tomb of Saint-Denis. This, however, did not convince the supporters of the version of the other boys, and spears break until now.

And the church wall Saint-Marguerite is very small and simple tombstone with a cross on which is engraved «LXVII, 1785 - 1795". And the inscription - «Attendite et videte: si est dolor sicut dolor meus». This is a quote from the tragic Lamentations (1:12): "... take a look and see if there be any sorrow like my sorrow ..? ". And almost always there are flowers.