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The Bastille District - Paris NightLife: An Introduction

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Here some of the details: The working class neighbourhood northeast of Place de la Bastille, this working-class neighbourhood is now very fashionable among visiting International Students / Scholars as well as younger Parisians. Dotted along its street are newer Trendy boutiques, cafés and bars; the more well to do established shops and bistros are still there. Whew thats good news! A few paving stones mark the site of the former Bastille prison-the French Revolution really did tear the ole regime and as such France commemorated the Revolution.

[ Photo above Source Caracalla, Jean-Paul. The Champs-Elysees. ]

Hotel Lyon BastilleHotel Lyon Bastille 3, Rue Parrot75012 Telephone 33 1 43 43 41 52‎ as well as the Hotel Ibis Paris Bastille Faubourg Saint Antoine 13, Rue Trousseau Telephone 33 1 48 05 55 55 are both at the center of the Bastille district of Paris, France. They are both likewise close to the Bastille Opera House, the Place de la Bastille and the Marais district.

Stroming the Bastille ignited not only a revolution in France but it changed the very map of Europe both geographically and sociopolitically!

The Bastille was a prison in Paris, known formally as Bastille Saint-Antoine — Number 232, rue Saint-Antoine. The storming of the Bastille on July 14, 1789 marked the beginning of the French Revolution. The event was commemorated one year later by the Fête de la Fédération. The French national holiday, celebrated annually on July 14, is officially called the Fête Nationale, and commemorates the Fête de la Fédération — but it is commonly known in English as Bastille Day. Bastille (from bastide) is a French word meaning "castle" or "stronghold". In most accounts of French revolutionary history, La Bastille generally refers to the prison in Paris. [ source ]