The Probert Encyclopaedia of Architecture

THE BASTILLE

The Bastille was the Parisian state-prison and fortress commenced in 1370 by order of Charles V and finished in 1382 under his successor. The Bastille became infamous for imprisoning the victims of French kings' despotism and one of the first dramas of the French Revolution was the attack on The Bastille by the populace which led to its capture by them on the 14th of July 1789, and its subsequent and prompt demolition.
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