What was first built in the Place de Greve in 1792?
Paris in the 18th century Louis XV, was executed in 1757 by drawing and quartering, the traditional punishment for regicide. His punishment lasted an hour before he died. the last man in France to suffer that penalty. Among the last persons to be hung in Paris was the Marquis de Favras, who was hung on the Place de Greve for attempting help Louis XVI in his unsuccessful flight from Paris. In October 1789 Doctor Joseph-Ignace Guillotin, in the interest of finding a more humane method, successfully had the means of execution changed to decapitation by a machine he perfected, the guillotine, built with the help
Willem Hendrik de Greve discovery of coal led to booming mining industry in Sawahlunto, forcing the construction caused infrastructures and facilities in Sawahlunto, e.g. roads, buildings, ports, etc. The 100 kilometers Padang-Sawahlunto railway line was built in 1887 and completed in 1894. The line would link Sawahlunto with the port of Emmahaven (now the Port of Teluk Bayur) in Padang, which was constructed in 1892 for the transport of the coal. In honor of his contributions, the Dutch East Indies government named the park in Padang "de Greve Park". In the vicinity, a monument named "de Greve Monument" was built. Today, the monument has