Bastille
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Gallery
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Photo by Alfred Bonnardot via Wikimedia Commons (No restrictions)
Photo by Rigaud, 18th century via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by came from Aubin-Louis Millin's Antiquités nationales published 1790 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
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Photo by Louis XV of France via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Theodor Josef Hubert Hoffbauer via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Anonymous, 1750 via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Photo by Jacques Callot (1623-1652) via Wikimedia Commons (Public domain)
Background
The Bastille (, French: [bastij] ) was a medieval 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. It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an important symbol for the French Republican movement. It was later demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille. The castle was built to defend the eastern approach to the city from potential English attacks during the Hundred Years' War.
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Occupancy
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Year opened
1370
Closed 1789
Facility profile
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Population held
Mixed/unknown
Opened
1370
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Death-row facility
No
Conditions
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Visiting
No visiting information available.
Mailing
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Practical info
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Known issues
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Contact & address
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Conditions Risk Score
Derived signal — not a judgement. How it's calculated
Data completeness
16%How many of our profile fields are populated. We surface this so families and researchers know the limits.
Sources
- Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation
- Wikipedia — Wikimedia Foundation
- See /data-sources for our overall methodology.