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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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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]
Pierre-Augustin Hulin (French pronunciation: [pjeʁ oɡystɛ̃ ylɛ̃]; 6 September 1758 – 9 January 1841) was a French general under Napoleon Bonaparte who took part in the storming of the Bastille, the trial of the Duke d'Enghien, and the foiling of the Malet coup.
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