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  2. Place de la Bastille - Wikipedia

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    The current Place de la Bastille is located on the former fort's site. In addition to the July Column, it is also home to the Opéra Bastille . The large ditch ( fossé ) behind the former fort has been transformed into a marina for pleasure boats, the Bassin de l'Arsenal , to the south, which is bordered by the Boulevard de la Bastille .

  3. July Column - Wikipedia

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    Augustin Dumont's Génie de la Liberté. The July Column (French: Colonne de Juillet) is a monumental column in Paris commemorating the Revolution of 1830.It stands in the center of the Place de la Bastille and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses — the 'three glorious' days of 27–29 July 1830 that saw the fall of Charles X, King of France, and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis ...

  4. Jean-Antoine Alavoine - Wikipedia

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    Drawing of Alavoine by Eustache-Hyacinthe Langlois. Jean-Antoine Alavoine (4 January 1778 – 15 November 1834) was a French architect best known for his column in the Place de la Bastille, Paris (1831–1840), the July Column [1] to memorialize those fallen in the Revolution of 1830.

  5. Boulevard de la Bastille - Wikipedia

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    The Boulevard de la Bastille (French pronunciation: [bulvaʁ də la bastij]) is the southwesternmost street of the 12th arrondissement of Paris, situated in the quartier called Quinze-Vingts. It overlooks the east side of the Paris marina, known as the Port de Plaisance or Port de l'Arsenal , with which it forms a boundary with the 4th ...

  6. Vietnamese Wikipedia - Wikipedia

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    The Vietnamese Wikipedia (Vietnamese: Wikipedia tiếng Việt) is the Vietnamese-language edition of Wikipedia, a free, publicly editable, online encyclopedia supported by the Wikimedia Foundation. Like the rest of Wikipedia, its content is created and accessed using the MediaWiki wiki software.

  7. Category:Place de la Bastille - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Place de la Bastille" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... Gare de la Bastille; J. July Column; M. Bastille station ...

  8. Quartier asiatique - Wikipedia

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    The Quartier Asiatique forms an area roughly the shape of a triangle bounded by Avenue de Choisy, Avenue d'Ivry and Boulevard Masséna, as well as the Les Olympiades complex. Within this neighborhood, commercial activity is dominated by Chinese and Vietnamese businesses, with a smaller number of Laotian and Cambodian establishments.

  9. Independence Palace - Wikipedia

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    On 8 April 1975, Nguyễn Thanh Trung, a pilot of the South Vietnamese air force and an undetected communist spy flew an F-5E aircraft from Biên Hòa Air Base to bomb the palace but caused no significant damage. At 10:45 on 30 April 1975, a tank of the North Vietnamese army bulldozed through the main gate, effectively ending the Vietnam War.