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You missed the archetype for these moves, from France :-)

Versailles. Versailles was a safe residence for the French king, far from the crowds in Paris.

During the revolution, they actually mandated that he move back to Paris.

And during the 1870s Paris uprising they moved the government to.... Versailles !

the government moved to Versailles just before the start of the uprising

King moved to Versailles so that he could control the nobility in one central location.

Partly. The other reason was the long strings of revolts in Paris.

look-up “La fronde”