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(Last Update: 03.09.2024) Bastille Square - Place de la Bastille, the most important symbolic square of the French Revolution, has its historical significance from the incident where the Bastille Prison, which was located here during the popular uprising on July 14, 1789, was raided by the rebellious people and the prisoners were released. taking. Every year, July 14 is celebrated as "La Fête National Français - French National Day" in France. to the French Revolution
(Last Update: 03.09.2024) This time we are in Place des Vosges, one of the most beautiful squares in Paris. IV in 1605. The first name of the square, which was started to be built by the order of Henry VIII, was "Place Royal", that is, "Royal Square", but the name of the square was changed to "Place des Vosges" by Napoleon in honor of the Vosges, the department that paid the first tax to the French State after the 1789 French Revolution.