Talk:Bagne of Toulon

What exactly does "bagne" mean? Is it a French word for something? Or is it just a place-name or something? The word seems to be unique to this institution, especially considering inmates were known as "bagnards". It seems to be unique, but that's weird, because then why have "of Toulon" put on the end of it? Kind of like calling it the "Metropolitan Opera House of New York", right? VolatileChemical (talk) 04:00, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Bagne was the word used for a penal colony- it comes from the Italian word for bath, and was the name of a prison in Rome, which had formerly been a Roman bath.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth century there were bagnes in Brest and Toulon in France, in Anvers (Antwerp), and in Cayenne, French Guyana. The last one was known as Devil's Island. That's why the reference to the Bagne of Toulon. SiefkinDR (talk) 17:09, 15 May 2008 (UTC)

Images removed
I've just 6 images with questionable sourcing. Sadly this leaves us with only one image. I hope we can get replacements. Hairy Dude (talk) 02:15, 7 January 2019 (UTC)


 * Dear Hairy Dude: I have added a more complete source for one of the images in the article on the Bagne of Toulon.  It is from a history of the Bagne by Pierre Zacone, which was published in 1869.  It is reproduced in a number of books on the topic, including "Le Bagne de Toulon" a scholarly history of the Bagne, by the Académie du Var, a group which studies the history of Toulon, where I saw it. Am I correct that,  because of its age, it's now in the public domain?

I'll add this source to the file on Wikimedia Commons, and for the other images. Is there anything else I need to do to prevent these images from being deleted? They're important to the article,  Cordially, SiefkinDR (talk) 15:40, 7 January 2019 (UTC)

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 * Bastonnade in the Bagne de Toulon.jpg
 * Bazar Bagne de Toulon.jpg
 * Corruption Bagne de Toulon.jpg
 * Escape attempt in Bagne de Toulon.jpg
 * The Chaine to Bagne of Toulon.jpg