Bastille Day, a national holiday in France, commemorates the storming of the Bastille and the beginning of the French Revolution. Celebrated on July 14th each year, cities around the world join in ...

Armed with axes, hay thieves, knives and rifles, they storm the Bastille fortress. Join us for the crazy day in the streets of Paris, which has become a symbol of the French Republic.

The capture of the Bastille ignited one of the greatest social upheavals in Western history, the French Revolution. Violence spread to the countryside, where peasants demanded the feudal system be ...

The annual Bastille Day parade - marking the storming of the Bastille prison in 1789, an event that helped spark the French Revolution - has been taking place in Paris. Here are some of the most ...

That’s the meaning of Bastille Day, according to Daout Celestin ... The event is considered a major turning point during the French Revolution. The event is marked as a special holiday for ...

Marie Antoinette didn’t say let them eat cake As the story goes, when Queen Marie Antoinette heard that the French ... of the Bastille, are the events of 5 October 1789. On this day, thousands ...

or Bastille Day, occupies a special place in the French consciousness as it commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison during the French Revolution in 1789. The Bastille Day parade is the ...

However for the French nationals living abroad including in the UAE, July 14 also popularly known as Bastille Day, is a rather sober and formal affair, with many wishing they were back home.

One of the most celebrated dates on the French calendar ... of the storming of the Bastille in 1789, which signalled the beginning of the French Revolution. It is a day of leisurely family ...

President Donald Trump has applauded the Bastille Day parade in Paris, where US and French troops marched ... forever joined together by the spirit of revolution and the fight for freedom ...

He wrote: “I have no doubt that the attack during celebrations for Bastille Day, which commemorates the French revolution and honours the principles of liberte, egalite, fraternite, will only redouble ...