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The attack on a Paris fortress-prison on 14 July 1789 became this early symbol of the French Revolution.

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Your new ahaThe storming of the Bastille.

The Bastille was both a fortress-prison and a symbol of royal authority. Source: Storming of the Bastille ↗

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