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bastille day
in the aftermath of the storming of the bastille the prison fortress was systematically dismantled until almost nothing remained of it -
Storming of the Bastille
on July 14 1789 a state prison on the east side of Paris known as the bastille was attacked by an angry aggressive mob. the prison had became a symbol of the monarchy's dictatorial rule and the event became one of the defining moments in the revolution that followed -
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French revolution