Bastille - Paris

Bastille. Charles V built the Bastille prison to guard the eastern entrance to his Capital; it became a state prison under Louis XIII, usually housing religious heretics and political prisoners. On July 14, 1789, Revolutionaries stormed the Bastille for its supply of gunpowder. By 1792, nothing was left of the prison but its outline on the place. New Opera. On July 14, 1989, Francois Mitterrand inaugurated the glittering Opera Bastille, 120 Rue de Lyon to celebrate the destruction of Charles' fortress with the construction of an opera hall.

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