French Revolution Barricades
If anyone knows how to plant a revolt, it’s the French. They did during the 1789 Revolution and again during the War of the Streets between 1830 and 1848. In fact, this photo was taken in 1848. It’s one of the earliest photographs showing barricades in the Parisian streets. These structures were created as an obstacle to control, block passage, or force the flow of traffic in a specific direction. But it was also used as a field fort during urban warfare in the French Revolution.