Storming of the Bastille
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The Bastille was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine—Number 232, Rue Saint-Antoine—best known today because of the storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789, which is considered the beginning of the French Revolution. Bastille is a French word meaning "castle" or "stronghold"; used with a definite article (la Bastille in French, the Bastille in English), it refers to the prison. Its most famous prisoner was Sade, who wrote 120 Days of Sodom during the time he was held there.
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