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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  • Type: Monument
  • Description: victory column
  • Also known as: “7月革命記念碑”, “colonne de la Bastille”, “フランス7月革命”, and “フランス7月革命記念柱”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ruins of Bastille and Opéra Bastille.

Castle
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The Bastille was a medieval fortress in , known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine.

Theater building
The is a modern opera house in the , France. 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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Le Village Saint-Paul and Faubourg Saint-Antoine.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood.

Suburb
Photo: Jean-François Gornet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The was one of the traditional suburbs of , France.

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The is home to two quite different…

July Column

Latitude
48.85317° or 48° 51′ 11″ north
Longitude
2.36914° or 2° 22′ 9″ east
Established
1840
Height
46 metres (152 feet)
Wheelchair access
no
Open location code
8FW4V939+7M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 227757683
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­monument
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”
  • German: “Julisäule”
  • Hungarian: “Július-oszlop”
  • Italian: “colonna di Luglio”
  • Italian: “Colonna di Luglio”
  • Japanese: “7月革命記念柱”
  • Korean: “7월 기념비”
  • 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”

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights: Voûte de la Bastille and La Bastille.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: The Genius of Liberty and Bastille.

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