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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 (/ 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 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.
English: Storming of the Bastille, 14 July 1789. French engraving in 1897. French engraving in 1897. Français : Prise de la Bastille, gravure « «d'après des estampes d’époque » parue en 1897 dans les « «Annales politiques et littéraires » .
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On the evening of 14 July 1789 the crowd who had stormed the Bastille, wounded but triumphant, arrived in front of the Hôtel de Ville, bearing trophies seized from the fortress. The central figure in the painting, Jacob Job Élie , is brandishing in his right hand a sword and in his left hand the key to the fortress and a letter signed by de ...
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The Bastille in the Early Days of Its Demolition title QS:P1476,fr:"La Bastille, dans les premiers jours de sa démolition " label QS:Lfr,"La Bastille, dans les premiers jours de sa démolition "