1. It was an armory.
2. It was a prison.
3. The storming of the Bastille started the French Revolution because the peasants seized the weapons stored in the Bastille and became an army and not just a mob.
It was built for the defense of Paris during the Hundred Years' War.
It consisted of eight towers connected by a terrace.
King Louis XIII placed the first prisoners there.
Voltaire was a guest there for 11 months.
It had a prisoner capacity of 50 but held only 7 when stormed.
The Key to the Bastille is on display at Mount Vernon in Virginia.
Voltaire and Marquis de Sade had both been prisoners there.
Charles V built the bastille
This was a very dramatic event and a lot of people got killed. There are no "fun" facts to be mentioned. -- Answer-- 1. The Bastille was both and amoury and a prison for upper class political prisoners.. 2. Most of the prison guards were retired soldiers and not young men.. 3. There were only 8 prisoners on the day of the storming and all were released. 4. The French decided to storm the Bastile because they feared the King's soldiers would killed them and stop the uprise.. Remember the Bastile was an amoury and had guns and gun powder. 5. The Bastille did not have an source of water and only had enough food for two days. 6. The French people decided to destroy the Bastille however they didn't have machinery so they tore it down by hand.. *NOTE the Bastille was a huge keep (fort) with some stones bigger than a car
The Storming of the Bastille marks the start of the French Revolution.
The Bastille was stormed on the 14th July 1789, this along with the Tennis Court Oath is generally thought to be the start of the French Revolution.
The Bastille, in Paris. The most celebrated prison to be stormed was the Bastille.
it took 20 years to build
The Bastille was a prison.
Charles V built the bastille
The Bastille (formally known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine) was a fortress in Paris, France.
The Bastille was a prison.
Bastille ended in 1789.
In French, the Bastille Prison is considered feminine, and you would refer to it as "la Bastille."
Explain more, Bastille peak is a mountain in Canada and Bastille prison is a prison in France....
In the Bastille prison in Paris.
look up Bastille Day.
Not on the original Bastille Day, but on Bastille Day held several years later.
The Bastille was made a prison under the reign of Louis XIII.