<P> The Storming of the Bastille ( French : Prise de la Bastille ( pʁiz də la bastij ) ) occurred in Paris , France , on the afternoon of 14 July 1789 . The medieval fortress , armory , and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris . The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming , but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy 's abuses of power ; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution . </P>
<P> The Storming of the Bastille ( French : Prise de la Bastille ( pʁiz də la bastij ) ) occurred in Paris , France , on the afternoon of 14 July 1789 . The medieval fortress , armory , and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the centre of Paris . The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming , but was seen by the revolutionaries as a symbol of the monarchy 's abuses of power ; its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution . </P>
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Storming of the Bastille
Storming of the Bastille