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Medieval fortress-prison in eastern Paris, taken by the Paris crowd on 14 July 1789.

Bastille. Medieval fortress-prison in eastern Paris, taken by the Paris crowd on 14 July 1789.

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Bastille, located in Paris.

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Pictures, from Wikimedia Commons: Paris, Yann Caradec from Paris, France, CC BY-SA 2.0.