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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 ...
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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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On July 14, 1789, revolutionaries stormed the Bastille fortress and prison in Paris, heralding the start of the French Revolution and the end of the monarchy. The holiday is central to the French ...
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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