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Today, July 14, is the day of the storming of the Bastille.
🔹 Every year on July 14, the whole of France celebrates the national holiday - Bastille Day (La Fête Nationale / Bastille Day).
🔹 The castle was built in 1382. It was built to strengthen the defense on the threshold of the capital. It soon became a prison mainly for political prisoners.
🔹 There have been many famous people in the Bastille for 400 years. The castle has been a symbol of royal power for many generations of the French.
🔹 On July 1789, 14, the Parisians stormed the Bastille, which was considered a fortress-prison, representing the brutality of the kingdom, and the prisoners were released.
🔹 This event is the beginning of the Great Bourgeois Uprising and the victory over the dictatorship.
🔹 In France, the scale of celebration of this holiday can be equated with welcoming the New Year holiday.