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Definitions of bastille in various dictionaries:
noun - a fortress built in Paris in the 14th century and used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries
noun - a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
A prison; a jail.
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| A parade held July 14, 1989 honored the 200th anniversary of its storming |
| This neo-synth pop group that has a hit with "Pompeii" has the same name as a French prison |
| The storming of this prison in 1789 is one of the most famous events of the French Revolution |
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| a jail (literally, a French jail) |
| a military building in Paris that was used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1789 it was attacked by people who wanted revolution ( violent social and political change) in France, and this attack is regarded as being the start of the French Revolution: |
| A fortress in Paris built in the 14th century and used in the 17th18th centuries as a state prison. Its storming by the mob on 14 July 1789 marked the start of the French Revolution. |
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The Bastille (; French: [bastij]) was a fortress in Paris, known formally as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an important symbol for the French Republican movement, and was later demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille. * The Bastille was built to defend the eastern approach to the city of Paris from the English threat in the Hundred Years' War. Initial work began in 1357, but the main construction occurred from 1370 onwards, creating a strong fortress with eight towers that protected the strategic gateway of the Porte Saint-Antoine on the eastern edge of Paris. The innovative design proved influential in both France and England and was widely copied. The Bastille figured prominently in France's domestic conflicts, including the fighting between the rival faction |