(Tarih) Fransız Devrimi esnasında,National Assembly'nin bastırılacağı söylentisi üzerine 80.000 kişinin Bastille'e (hapishane)yürümesi sonucu birçok kişinin yaralanması ve ölmesiyle sonuçlanan olaylar
an old prison in Paris, attacked and destroyed on 14 July 1789 during the French revolution. This date is now celebrated each year as a French national holiday, Bastille Day. Medieval fortress in Paris that became a symbol of despotism. In the 17th-18th centuries, the Bastille was used as a French state prison and a place of detention for important persons. On July 14, 1789, at the beginning of the French Revolution, an armed mob of Parisians captured the fortress and released its prisoners, a dramatic action that came to symbolize the end of the ancien régime. The Bastille was subsequently demolished by the Revolutionary government. Bastille Day (July 14) has been a French national holiday since 1880
"The Bastille", formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison
{i} prison-fortress, jail (originates from the Bastille, a fortress in Paris, which was built in the 14th century and destroyed in 1789)
A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place
The French national holiday celebrated on 14 July each year. It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the Fête de la Fédération was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation"
(Tarih) The Storming of the Bastille in Paris occurred on 14 July 1789. While the medieval fortress and prison known as the Bastille contained only seven prisoners, its fall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution and it subsequently become an icon of the French Republic. In France, Le quatorze juillet (14 July) is a public holiday, formally known as the Fête de la Fédération (Federation Holiday). It is usually called Bastille Day in English