Actually, only seven. In France, 14th July, Bastille Day,
is a national holiday and a glorious national symbol, equivalent to 4th
July in the United States of America. From the rousing paintings of the
scene, you might think hundreds of proud revolutionaries flooded into
streets waving tricolours. In fact, only just over half a dozen people
were being held at the time of the siege.
The
Bastille was stormed on 14th July 1789. Shortly afterwards ghoulish
engravings of prisoners languishing in chains next to skeletons went on
sale in the streets of Paris, forming the popular impression of the
conditions there ever since.
The
Bastille was stormed on 14th July 1789. Shortly afterwards ghoulish
engravings of prisoners languishing in chains next to skeletons went on
sale in the streets of Paris, forming the popular impression of the
conditions there ever since.
Storming of Bastille fortress
