Location: Place de la Bastille, 75004 Paris, Paris.
July 14, 1789: storming of the Bastille, royal state prison and gunpowder depot, symbolic beginning of the French Revolution. The medieval fortress was demolished and today only the square and July Column (1840) mark the site where revolutionaries seized this symbol of royal tyranny.
Period recorded for this site: 18th century.
Theme: French Revolution.
Coordinates: 48.85340, 2.36900.
This plaque is a stop on the walk: French Revolution: Bastille & Revolutionary Paris.
On French Revolution: Bastille & Revolutionary Paris: Start at Place de la Bastille where the iconic fortress-prison was stormed on July 14, 1789—the symbolic beginning of the French Revolution.
Other plaques within a few minutes' walk: Plan de la Bastille (73 m); Etudiants de 1880 en hommage à la Révolution Française (77 m); Prise de la Bastille (104 m); Paul Verlaine (237 m); Hôtel de Lesdiguières (250 m).