Place De La Bastille
Use attributes for filter ! | |
Address | Place de la Bastille, 75011 Paris, France |
---|---|
Quarter | Arsenal |
Roquette | |
Quinze-Vingts | |
Completed | June 27, 1792 |
Length | 215 m (705 ft) |
Width | 150 m (490 ft) average |
Arrondissements | 4th arrondissement |
11th arrondissement of Paris | |
12th arrondissement | |
Did you know | Nowadays the spot where the Bastille used to stand is marked by a big monument called Le Colonne de Juillet (the July Column) in the middle of a traffic circle known as the Place de la Bastille. |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 752062 |
About Place De La Bastille
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison stood until the storming of the Bastille and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution. No vestige of the prison remains.
Click on the photo of Place de la Bastille to view it on Google Maps.