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The Bastille (/ b æ ˈ s t iː l /, French: ⓘ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France .
The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths, the insurgents were able to ...
The Place de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.
The Bastille is a fortress culminating at 476 m (1,561ft) above sea level, [1] located at the south end of the Chartreuse mountain range and overlooking the city of Grenoble, France. The Bastille, which also gives its name to the hill, is the main tourist site of the Grenoble area, with 600,000 visitors per year.
During his two sojourns in the Bastille in 1717–18 and 1726, [c] Voltaire became aware of the traditions and legends circulating among the staff at the fortress. [53] On 30 October 1738, he wrote to the Abbé Dubos : "I am somewhat knowledgeable about the adventure of the Man in the Iron Mask, who died at the Bastille; I spoke to people who ...
Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. It is referred to, both legally [ 3 ] and commonly, as le 14 juillet ( French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ] ) in French, though la fête nationale is also used in the press.
To protect his new palace and the eastern flank of the city, in 1370 Charles began building the Bastille, a fortress with six cylindrical towers. At the same time, further east, in the forest of Vincennes, Charles V built an even larger castle, the Château de Vincennes , dominated by another massive keep or tower fifty-two meters high.
Between 1190 and 1202, Philip II built the massive fortress of the Louvre, designed to protect the Right Bank of the Seine against an English attack from Normandy. The fortress was a great rectangle, 72 by 78 meters, surrounded by four towers and a moat. In the center was a circular tower thirty meters high.