July Column

The July Column 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.
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Wikipedia
Photo: Vassil, Public domain.
Photo: Clément Guerbet, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  • Type: Monument
  • Description: victory column
  • Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Ruins of Bastille and Opéra Bastille.

Castle
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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.

Theater building
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 220 metres southeast of July Column.

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.

Suburb
Photo: Luctor IV, Public domain.
The is a historic district in , . It spreads across parts of the and arrondissements on the Rive Droite, or Right Bank, of the .

July Column

Latitude
48.85317° or 48° 51′ 11″ north
Longitude
2.36914° or 2° 22′ 9″ east
Inception
1840
Height
46 metres (152 feet)
Open location code
8FW4V939+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227757683
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­no
Wiki­data ID
Q269641
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Panjabi—“July Column” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “عمود يوليو”
  • Belarusian: “Ліпеньская калёна”
  • Belarusian: “Ліпеньская калона”
  • Catalan: “Columna de Juliol”
  • Chinese: “七月柱”
  • Czech: “Červencový sloup”
  • Danish: “Julisøjlen”
  • Dutch: “Julizuil”
  • Esperanto: “Kolono de Julio”
  • Finnish: “Colonne de Juillet”
  • French: “colonne de Juillet”
  • French: “Colonne de Juillet”
  • French: “colonne de la Bastille”
  • German: “Julisäule”
  • Hungarian: “Július-oszlop”
  • Italian: “colonna di Luglio”
  • Italian: “Colonna di luglio”
  • Italian: “Colonna di Luglio”
  • Japanese: “7月革命記念柱”
  • Japanese: “7月革命記念碑”
  • Japanese: “フランス7月革命”
  • Japanese: “フランス7月革命記念柱”
  • Korean: “7월 기념비”
  • Korean: “바스티유 광장”
  • Latvian: “Jūlija kolonna”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Julisøylen”
  • Norwegian: “Julisøylen”
  • Portuguese: “Coluna de Julho”
  • Russian: “Июльская колонна”
  • Serbian: “Јулски стуб”
  • Spanish: “Columna de Julio”
  • Swedish: “Colonne de Juillet”
  • Turkish: “Temmuz Sütunu”
  • Ukrainian: “Липнева колона”
  • Vietnamese: “Cây cột Tháng Bảy”
  • Western Panjabi: “جولائی کالم”

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