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Louis XIII first used it as a State Prison.The Key to the Bastille was presented to George Washington in 1790.It was built by Charles V between 1370 and 1383.Voltaire was once a prisoner at the Bastille.The Marquis de Sade was a former prisoner of the Bastille.It was formally known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.The Governor who surrendered the Bastille and was later lynched was born at the Bastille.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.
Bastille Day is the national holiday of France. It began on July 14, 1880 and is held to honor the beginning of the French Revolution with the Storming of Bastille.
Bastille Day is always celebrated on July 14, regardless of the day of the week. For 2010, July 14 was on a Wednesday.
As a specific event, the storming of the Bastille is only a raid on a supposed arms and weapons depot, by a mixed mob of Parisians and National Guards. On a symbolic level, the seven prisoners it hosted were set free and the Bastille was turned into a symbol of royal abuse of justice (even though no prisoner was detained there for political reasons, the simple signature of the king was enough to justify the emprisonments). That event is also for the French historians, the official beginning of the French revolution.
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Giovanni Maristica was held prisoner in the bastille. He was there for various murders he comitted
Giovanni Maristica was held prisoner in the bastille. He was there for various murders he comitted
The Bastille was destroyed in the 18th century
Sorry person i am trying to find this out my self but if u just research Bastille dungeon history and who was hold there u may find some information
Bastille Day is also known as French National Day, held on July 14th. It commemorates the 1790 F̻te de la F̩d̩ration, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille.
Louis XIII first used it as a State Prison.The Key to the Bastille was presented to George Washington in 1790.It was built by Charles V between 1370 and 1383.Voltaire was once a prisoner at the Bastille.The Marquis de Sade was a former prisoner of the Bastille.It was formally known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.The Governor who surrendered the Bastille and was later lynched was born at the Bastille.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.
Louis XIII first used it as a State Prison.The Key to the Bastille was presented to George Washington in 1790.It was built by Charles V between 1370 and 1383.Voltaire was once a prisoner at the Bastille.The Marquis de Sade was a former prisoner of the Bastille.It was formally known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.The Governor who surrendered the Bastille and was later lynched was born at the Bastille.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.
Yes of course. You can read about it in A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens
1. It was an armory. 2. It was a prison. 3. The storming of the Bastille started the French Revolution because the peasants seized the weapons stored in the Bastille and became an army and not just a mob.
Voltaire spent almost a year as a guest of the Bastille,
An eyewitness account from a prisoner at the bastille.
Not on the original Bastille Day, but on Bastille Day held several years later.