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The term Cradle of the Revolution refers to a historically significant location (typically a city or town or an area within one) where a political revolution began. Such cities often bear outsized importance in the national and/or historical narrative of a country, and may be home to a number of national museums and monuments.

The term derives from infant cradles, referring to a revolution being gradually "nursed" from a young age (e.g. small uprising) until it becomes mature (e.g. full-scale revolt and/or civil war).

Examples

• Bastille, Paris, France - Cradle of the French Revolution (see Storming of the Bastille)
• Boston, Massachusetts and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Cradles of the American Revolution (see Faneuil Hall, AKA the "Cradle of Liberty")
• Daraa, Syria - Cradle of the Syrian revolution
• Petrograd, Russian Empire - Cradle of the Russian Revolution
• Sidi Bouzid, Tunisia - Cradle of the Tunisian revolution
• Timișoara, Romania - Cradle of the Romanian revolution

References

1. https://www.arabnews.com/node/1291041/middle-east
2. https://www.france24.com/en/20151217-focus-tunisia-revolution-bouazizi-sidi-bouzid-revolution-poverty-unemployment-frustration
3. https://www.france24.com/en/europe/20191129-romania-timisoara-economic-hub-and-cradle-1989-revolution-former-communist-state-european-capital-culture