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Bastille Day or Bastille Day, the French national holiday is celebrated 14 July.
Feast was established 6 July 1880 years.

The word "la bastille" in free translation means a fortified castle on the outskirts of the city. Paris Bastille was founded in the western part of Paris in the fourteenth century. As time began to act as a fortress prison, and symbolized the despotism of the king.

Feast commemorates the day 14 July 1789 years, when the people of Paris stormed the Bastille captured. The conquest of the Bastille was important historical, it was the end of the power of the king and the beginning of the Great French Revolution.

That day, almost all the inhabitants of Paris to the streets. The main points of celebration is a military parade on the Champs Elysees, which starts at 10 morning and going in the direction of the Louvre. In the evening, celebrations end with a firework display in front of Eiffel Tower. At night the place of madness in the streets and the traditional balls in remizach.

Despite, Today that little remained of the old fortress, this place, where there was a Bastille, still is considered a symbol of the ideals of freedom, equality and fraternity.

Bastille Day is celebrated not only in France, but also around the world. The conquest of the Bastille is one of the most important events in human history.

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