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Ruins of Bastille

The Bastille was a medieval fortress in , 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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  • Type: Castle
  • Description: former fortress in Paris, France
  • Also known as: “Bastille” and “Bastille Saint-Antoine”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Opéra Bastille and July Column.

Theater building
Photo: Guilhem Vellut, CC BY 2.0.
The is a modern opera house in the , France. Inaugurated in 1989 as part of President François Mitterrand's Grands Travaux, it became the main facility of the Paris National Opera, France's principal opera company… is situated 190 metres southeast of Ruins of Bastille.

Monument
Photo: Vassil, Public domain.
The is a monumental column in commemorating the Revolution of 1830. It stands in the center of the and celebrates the Trois Glorieuses — the 'three glorious' days of 27–29 July 1830 that saw the fall of Charles X, King of France, and the commencement of the July Monarchy of Louis-Philippe, King of the French.

Metro station
Photo: Chabe01, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Bastille is a station on Line 1, Line 5 and Line 8 of the Paris Métro. Located under the and near the former location of the , it is situated on the border of the , and .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Faubourg Saint-Antoine and 11th arrondissement.

Suburb
Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was one of the traditional suburbs of , France. It grew up to the east of the around the abbey of , and ran along the Rue du .

Photo: ParisSharing, CC BY 2.0.
The is home to two quite different but equally blossoming centres of Parisian nightlife. The streets just northwest of Place de la Bastille are full of little bars which attract a mix of young suburban Parisians, expats, and foreigners.

Photo: Björn Söderqvist, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The 4th is a good chunk of what used to be medieval Paris, and you'll find a lot left from that time on both islands and in the narrow streets of the lower Marais.

Ruins of Bastille

Latitude
48.8527° or 48° 51′ 10″ north
Longitude
2.36878° or 2° 22′ 8″ east
Open location code
8FW4V939+3G
Open­Street­Map ID
node 13411401985
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historic=­castle
Wiki­data ID
Q1865480
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Ruins of Bastille” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Bastille”
  • Albanian: “Bastija”
  • Arabic: “أطلال الباستيل”
  • Arabic: “سجن الباستيل”
  • Armenian: “Բաստիլ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Bastiliya qalası”
  • Basque: “Bastilla”
  • Belarusian: “Бастылія”
  • Breton: “Bastille”
  • Bulgarian: “Бастилия”
  • Catalan: “La Bastilla”
  • Chinese: “圣安托万监狱”
  • Chinese: “巴士底狱”
  • Chinese: “巴士底獄”
  • Chinese: “巴士底監獄”
  • Czech: “Bastila”
  • Danish: “Bastillen”
  • Dutch: “Bastille Saint-Antoine”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “الباستيل”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “سجن الباستيل”
  • Esperanto: “Bastille”
  • Estonian: “Bastille”
  • Finnish: “Bastilji”
  • French: “Bastille Saint-Antoine”
  • French: “Bastille”
  • French: “La Bastille”
  • French: “Ruines de la Bastille”
  • Galician: “Bastilla”
  • Georgian: “ბასტილია”
  • German: “Bastille”
  • Greek: “Βαστίλη”
  • Gujarati: “બેસ્ટાઇલ”
  • Gujarati: “બેસ્તાઇલ”
  • Hebrew: “בסטיליה”
  • Hungarian: “Bastille”
  • Icelandic: “Bastillan”
  • Indonesian: “Bastille”
  • Irish: “an Bastille”
  • Irish: “An Bastille”
  • Irish: “Bastille Saint-Antoine”
  • Irish: “Bastille”
  • Italian: “Bastiglia”
  • Japanese: “バスティーユ牢獄”
  • Javanese: “Baluwarti Bastil”
  • Kazakh: “Бастилия”
  • Kirghiz: “Бастилия”
  • Korean: “바스티유 감옥”
  • Latin: “Bastilia”
  • Latvian: “Bastīlija”
  • Ligurian: “Bastiggia”
  • Lingua Franca Nova: “Bastilia”
  • Lithuanian: “Bastilija”
  • Luxembourgish: “Bastille”
  • Macedonian: “Бастилја”
  • Malay: “Bastille”
  • Marathi: “बास्तीय”
  • Mazanderani: “باستیل”
  • Mongolian: “Бастилийн цайз”
  • Narom: “Bastîle dé Paris”
  • Narom: “Bastîle”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Bastillen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Bastillen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Stormen mot Bastillen”
  • Norwegian: “Bastillen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Bastilha”
  • Panjabi: “ਬਾਸਤੀਲ”
  • Persian: “قلعه باستیل”
  • Polish: “Bastylia”
  • Portuguese: “Bastilha”
  • Quechua: “bachuta”
  • Romanian: “Bastilia”
  • Russia Buriat: “Бастили”
  • Russian: “Бастилия”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Bastille”
  • Serbian: “Бастиља”
  • Sicilian: “Bastigghia”
  • Sindhi: “باسٽل”
  • Sinhala: “බැස්ටීලය”
  • Slovak: “Bastila”
  • Slovenian: “Bastilja”
  • Spanish: “Bastilla”
  • Swedish: “Bastiljen”
  • Tajik: “Бастилия”
  • Thai: “บัสตีย์”
  • Thai: “บัสตีย์แซ็งต็องตวน”
  • Turkish: “Bastille Hapishanesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Бастилія”
  • Urdu: “باستیل”
  • Uzbek: “Bastiliya”
  • Vietnamese: “Bastille”
  • Welsh: “Bastille”
  • Western Armenian: “Պասթիլ բանտ-ամրոցը”
  • Western Frisian: “Bastille”
  • Western Panjabi: “باستیل”
  • Wu Chinese: “巴士底獄”
  • Yakut: “Бастилия”
  • Yiddish: “באסטיל”
  • Yue Chinese: “巴士底監獄”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Site of the Storming of Bastille and Site of the beginning of French Revolution.

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