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The Bastille During the First Days of its Demolition (French: La Bastille, dans les premiers jours de sa démolition) is a 1789 history painting by the French artist Hubert Robert. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Following the Storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789 at the beginning of the French Revolution , it was announced that the historic fortress and ...
The Bastille then represented royal authority in the centre of Paris. The prison contained only seven inmates at the time of its storming and was already scheduled for demolition, but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy's abuse of power. Its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
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After the restoration of the French Bourbon monarchy in 1815, the Bastille became an underground symbol for Republicans. [211] The July Revolution in 1830 used images such as the Bastille to legitimise their new regime and in 1833, the former site of the Bastille was used to build the July Column to commemorate the revolution. [213]
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His generosity won great popularity in the Faubourg St. Antoine. When the French Revolution erupted in 1789, he participated in the storming of the Bastille and was given command of a battalion of the Parisian National Guard. After the Champ de Mars Massacre on 17 July 1791, a warrant was issued for his arrest and Santerre went into hiding.