It was built for the defense of Paris during the Hundred Years' War.
It consisted of eight towers connected by a terrace.
King Louis XIII placed the first prisoners there.
Voltaire was a guest there for 11 months.
It had a prisoner capacity of 50 but held only 7 when stormed.
The Key to the Bastille is on display at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
Voltaire and Marquis de Sade had both been prisoners there.
it took 20 years to build
The Bastille was a prison.
Charles V built the bastille
The Bastille (formally known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine) was a fortress in Paris, France.
The Bastille was a prison.
Bastille ended in 1789.
In French, the Bastille Prison is considered feminine, and you would refer to it as "la Bastille."
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In the Bastille prison in Paris.
look up Bastille Day.
The Bastille was made a prison under the reign of Louis XIII.
Not on the original Bastille Day, but on Bastille Day held several years later.