France celebrates Bastille Day
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The storming of the Bastille prison on July 14, 1789, is seen as a defining event in the French Revolution. But how does the revolution affect writers, poets, painters and other creative minds?
Bastille Day in France celebrates the storming of the Bastille in 1789, marking the start of the French Revolution. The event features parades, parties, and a display of military strength, celebrated with elaborate spectacles in Paris,
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The annual celebration marks the storming of the Bastille in 1789, a key moment that sparked the French Revolution and led to the fall of the monarchy. Thousands gathered at the Champ de Mars in Paris to witness the show.
Thousands of Parisians stormed the Bastille, a medieval fortress and prison, in Paris on 1789. The Bastille symbolised the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchs against their subjects. The event marked the
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