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Categories: Demolished buildings and structures in France, Castles in Île-de-France, Political history of the Ancien Régime, Fortifications of Paris, Coordinates on Wikidata
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Bastille  basti hills
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A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution WordNet 3.0
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A fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries; it was destroyed July 14, 1789 at the start of the French Revolution WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
The Bastille was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. Wikipedia
Former fortress in Paris, France Wikidata
Basti hills complex Wikidata
Former fort in Paris which was used as a prison and stormed by the people at the beginning of the French Revolution. OmegaWiki
A prison in France, the storming of which in 1789 CE began the French Revolution. Wiktionary
A prison in France. Wiktionary (translation)
IS A
fortress
castle
village
HAS PART
tour de la Liberté
PART OF
Paris
Wall of Charles V
ARCHITECT
Hugues Aubriot
COMMISSIONED BY
Charles V of France
CONFLICT
Hundred Years' War
French Wars of Religion
COUNTRY
France
DESCRIBED BY SOURCE
Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
The Nuttall Encyclopædia
Sytin Military Encyclopedia
LOCATED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE TERRITORIAL ENTITY
Paris
4th arrondissement of Paris
LOCATION
Paris
Place de la Bastille
MATERIAL USED
stone
REGION DOMAIN
France
SIGNIFICANT EVENT
Battle of the Faubourg St Antoine
storming of the Bastille
USE
prison
fortress
WordNet 3.0 & Open English WordNet
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Bastille
Wikipedia
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Bastille
Wikidata
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basti hills, Bastille
GeoNames
EN
Bastille
Wiktionary
EN
Bastille
OmegaWiki
EN
Bastille
Wikipedia Redirections
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Bastile, Bastilja, Bastilje, Bastilji, Bastille Prison, Bastille Saint-Antoine, the Bastille
Wikidata Alias
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basti hills, Bastille Saint-Antoine

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