The Bastille was built as a fortress to defend against the English approach to the city of Paris during the Hundred Years War. It was built under Charles V and was completed under Charles VI, after 17 years of construction.
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it took 20 years to build
The French began to build the Bastille in 1357 as a fortress but made a prison in 1417. It was stormed on July 14, 1789.
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.
the Bastille castle was earmarked for demolition before the French revolution, and its dismantling was to take place in July 1789 (it is not a consequence of the fall of the castle) the stones from the dismantled castle were used to build "le pont de la Concorde".
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.