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| Keywords: Storming the bastille.jpg Bastille Prison a 1789 French hand tinted etching that depicts the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution English translation First caption Bastille Prison The citizens of Paris led by the Gardes Françaises on 14 July 1789 Building of this fortification commenced in 1369 during the reign of Charles V Hugues Aubriot a native of Dijon and Provost of Paris laid the first stone Construction was completed in 1382 Aubriot was born in Dijon He became one of the first prisoners of the Bastille imprisoned under the pretext of heresy He was liberated by the Parisians during the troubles that stirred the capital and escaped to his motherland Second caption This is how the traitors were punished Library of Congress DIGITAL ID color film copy slide cph 3b51512 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3b51512 b w film copy neg cph 3b41648 http //hdl loc gov/loc pnp/cph 3b41648 1789 Author Unrestored version of Image Storming the bastille 4 jpg PD-old-100 Storming of the Bastille 14 July 1789 | ||||
