Place de la Bastille in Paris

Place de la Bastille in Paris

Place de la Bastille is a significant place for all of France. “Bastille” is a bastide (French word) meaning “fortification”. At the end of the 14th century, a fortress of the same name was built on the future square to defend the city. Since 1476, having received its first prisoner – the Duke de Nemours, the legendary fortress turns into a prison, terrifying all the French then, only at the mere mention of it. The Great French Revolution in July 1789 destroyed this dungeon and marked the beginning of the transformation of this place into a large-scale square. In 1840, in honor of this greatest event, the eighty-meter July Column was erected, topped with a gilded statue of the Genius of Liberty with a torch in his left hand and broken chains in his right. At the bottom of the column there is a memorial plaque, and at its base there is a crypt for participants in the revolution. In honor of the 200th anniversary of the French Revolution in 1989, the Opera Bastille was built here. Now the Place de la Bastille is a huge transport hub in Paris, where more than ten boulevards and streets intersect. It is here that all public events and festivities take place, preserving the traditions of those ancient times of the Paris Commune. To immerse yourself in the atmosphere of France, every visitor simply needs
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