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Hace 5 días · Bastille Day, national holiday in France and its overseas départements and territories, marking the anniversary of the fall on July 14, 1789, of the Bastille, in Paris. Originally built as a medieval fortress, the Bastille eventually came to be used as a state prison.
Hace 2 días · 26. Last Updated on May 14, 2024. Celebrated every July 14th with much pomp, circumstance, good cheer and fun, Bastille Day in Paris is an occasion marking France’s “Fête Nationale”, or National Celebration.
Hace 4 días · While English speakers refer to Bastille Day, in France the day is intimately related to a different historical event: the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation), a mass gathering...
Hace 3 días · One of the most prominent manifestations of this legacy is Bastille Day, or La Fête Nationale, celebrated annually on July 14. This national holiday is marked by grand military parades, fireworks, and public festivities, reflecting the enduring significance of the Bastille's storming in the French national narrative.
Hace 2 días · While English speakers refer to Bastille Day, in France the day is intimately related to a different historical event: the Fête de la Fédération (Festival of the Federation), a mass gathering held on July 14 1790. In 1789, the people of Paris attacked the Bastille: a political prison, a symbol of the monarchy and an armoury.
Hace 3 días · Religion. Bastille Day values. How very Christian those revolutionary values of "liberté, egalité e fratenité" By Thomas O'Loughlin. July 13th, 2021 at 02:57 pm (Europe\Rome). Updated July...
Hace 3 días · The Fête Nationale commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789 and its one year anniversary, Fête de la Fédération, when a new government, with Louis XVI as a constitutional monarch, seemed to indicate a peaceful resolution to the French Revolution.
