The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison stood until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.
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🗼 Landmark spots 🌲 Nature reserve spotsLa Place de la Bastille dates from 1803. The genius of Liberty, at the top of the 47 m column that commemorates the 1830 revolution, dominates the square. A symbol of left-wing rallies and demonstrations, the Bastille, where the prison of sinister memory once stood, is bordered by the Bastille Opera House and the Arsenal basin. It is the meeting point of the 4th, 11th and 12th arrondissements.
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