Ruins of Bastille
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France.
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- Description: former fortress in Paris, France
- Also known as“Bastille”“Bastille Saint-Antoine”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Opéra Bastille and July Column.
Opéra Bastille
Theater building
The Opéra Bastille is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondissement of Paris, France. Opéra Bastille is situated 190 metres southeast of Ruins of Bastille.
July Column
The July Column is a monumental column in Paris commemorating the Revolution of 1830.
Bastille station
Bastille is a station on Line 1, Line 5 and Line 8 of the Paris Métro.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Le Village Saint-Paul and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.
Le Village Saint-Paul
Le Village Saint-Paul is a neighborhood.
Faubourg Saint-Antoine
The Faubourg Saint-Antoine was one of the traditional suburbs of Paris, France.
11th arrondissement
The 11th Arrondissement is home to two quite different…
Ruins of Bastille
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Latitude
48.8527° or 48° 51′ 10″ north
Longitude
2.36878° or 2° 22′ 8″ east
Open location code
8FW4V939+3G
OpenStreetMap ID
OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castle
Wikidata ID
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ruins of Bastille” goes by many names.
BastilleAfrikaans
BastijaAlbanian
أطلال الباستيلArabic
سجن الباستيلArabic
ԲաստիլArmenian
Bastiliya qalasıAzerbaijani
BastillaBasque
БастыліяBelarusian
বাস্তিলBengali
BastilleBreton
БастилияBulgarian
La BastillaCatalan
圣安托万监狱Chinese
巴士底狱Chinese
巴士底獄Chinese
巴士底監獄Chinese
BastilaCzech
BastillenDanish
Bastille Saint-AntoineDutch
الباستيلEgyptian Arabic
سجن الباستيلEgyptian Arabic
BastilleEsperanto
BastilleEstonian
BastiljiFinnish
BastillaGalician
ბასტილიაGeorgian
ΒαστίληGreek
બેસ્ટાઇલGujarati
બેસ્તાઇલGujarati
בסטיליהHebrew
बास्तियHindi
BastilleHungarian
BastillanIcelandic
BastilleIndonesian
An BastilleIrish
BastilleIrish
Bastille Saint-AntoineIrish
BastigliaItalian
バスティーユ牢獄Japanese
Baluwarti BastilJavanese
BastîleJèrriais
Bastîle dé ParisJèrriais
БастилияKazakh
БастилияKirghiz
바스티유 감옥Korean
BastiliaLatin
BastīlijaLatvian
BastiggiaLigurian
BastiliaLingua Franca Nova
BastilijaLithuanian
BastilleLuxembourgish
БастилјаMacedonian
BastilleMalay
बास्तीयMarathi
باستیلMazanderani
Бастилийн цайзMongolian
BastillenNorwegian
BastillenNorwegian Bokmål
BastillenNorwegian Nynorsk
Stormen mot BastillenNorwegian Nynorsk
BastilhaOccitan (post 1500)
ਬਾਸਤੀਲPanjabi
قلعه باستیلPersian
BastyliaPolish
bachutaQuechua
BastiliaRomanian
БастилиRussia Buriat
БастилияRussian
BastilleScottish Gaelic
БастиљаSerbian
BastigghiaSicilian
باسٽلSindhi
බැස්ටීලයSinhala
BastilaSlovak
BastiljaSlovenian
BastiljenSwedish
БастилияTajik
บัสตีย์Thai
บัสตีย์แซ็งต็องตวนThai
Bastille HapishanesiTurkish
БастиліяUkrainian
باستیلUrdu
BastiliyaUzbek
BastilleVietnamese
BastilleWelsh
Պասթիլ բանտ-ամրոցըWestern Armenian
BastilleWestern Frisian
باستیلWestern Panjabi
巴士底獄Wu Chinese
БастилияYakut
באסטילYiddish
巴士底監獄Yue Chinese
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