1) Clink 2) Destroyed landmark in France 3) English synthpop group 4) Fort in France 5) Fortification of Paris 6) Gaol 7) Historic French prison 8) It was stormed 9) Its day is july 14 10) Its name means small fortress 11) Jail 12) Jailhouse 13) July 14 faller 14) July 14 location 15) Museum in Grenoble
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1) Jail 2) Prison
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A 14th century fortress in eastern Paris, initially constructed to defend the city. By the revolution it was being used as an armoury, a storage facility and a royal prison for selected detainees.
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medieval fortress on the east side of Paris that became, in the 17th and 18th centuries, a French state prison and a place of detention for important ... [3 related articles]
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Castle of St Antoine, built about 1370 as part of the fortifications of Paris. It was made a state prison by Cardinal
Richelieu and was stormed by the mob that set the French Revolution in motion on...
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A bastille was a temporary wooden tower, mounted on wheels, constructed to enable besiegers safety to approach a town or fort which they wished to attack. Later the term bastille was applied to a small castle fortified with turrets and a blockhouse. In France, the term bastille meant a strong castle or fort. The most famous French bastille was the ...
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[
n] - a jail (literally, a French jail)
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noun a jail or prison (especially one that is run in a tyrannical manner)
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Castle of St Antoine, built about 1370 as part of the fortifications of Paris. It was made a state prison by Cardinal Richelieu and was stormed by the mob that set the French Revolution in motion on 14 July 1789. Only seven prisoners were found in the castle when it was stormed; the governor and ...
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