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the Bastille was dismantled in 1789, so the French have no opinion on it as a monument. Still, it is a symbol of the absolutism (disputed by historians, as there were only seven prisoners it it when it was stormed, and none of them on political grounds) and the storming of the Bastille was the tipping point for leaving behind the old regime and throwing France into the revolution period. Its value as a symbol is still strong today, but more as an event marking the beginning of the revolution, and as a link between all Frenchmen on every 14th of July, our national day.

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