The Bastille: facts and stories

Storming of the Bastille. Arrest of M. de Launay. Painting, 1791. Musée Carnavalet

I put together some fun facts and stories about the Bastille.
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Commemorative buttons were distributed! Here are some more facts about the Bastille


That is one hell of a loaf! The Quality of Bread in France prior to the Storming of the Bastille


At the end of 1789 there was a demand to commemorate the Bastille with a festival and Francois Joseph Gossec composed Le Triomphe De La République for it.


Much earlier in history, lady writer Madame de Tencin was sent to the Bastille for a crime she did not commit (a total set up!)


Button commemorating the taking of the Bastille.

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