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Bastile Bastille
Bastile Bastille Bas*tile" Bas*tille", n. [F. bastille fortress, OF. bastir to build, F. b?tir.] 1. (Feud. Fort.) A tower or an elevated work, used for the defense, or in the siege, of a fortified place. The high bastiles . . . which overtopped the walls. --Holland. 2. ``The Bastille', formerly a castle or fortress in Paris, used as a prison, especially for political offenders; hence, a rhetorical name for a prison.

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- The Bastille (/bæˈstiːl/, French: [bastij] ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It pla**** an important role in the internal...
- The Storming of the Bastille (French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents...
- Bastille are an English indie pop band formed in 2010. The group began as a solo project by lead vocalist Dan Smith, but later expanded to include keyboardist...
- Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year. It is referred...
- Look up bastille or Bastille in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. The Bastille was a prison in France. Bastille may also refer to: Bastille (fortification)...
- la Bastille (French pronunciation: [plas də la bastij]) is a square in Paris where the Bastille prison once stood, until the storming of the Bastille and...
- The Opéra Bastille (French: [ɔpeʁa bastij] , "Bastille Opera House") is a modern opera house in the 12th arrondis****t of Paris, France. Inaugurated in...
- Look up Bastille Day in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Bastille Day is the common name for the French National Day, celebrated on 14 July each year...
- re-constituted themselves as a National ****embly in June. The Storming of the Bastille in Paris on 14 July was followed by a series of radical measures by the...
- Siege of the Bastille (French: La Prise de la Bastille) is a gouache painting by Claude Cholat depicting the Storming of the Bastille. The painting is...