Construction on the church began in 1764, but several events delayed its completion, including the original architect's death and the French Revolution. In 1806, Napoleon recategorized the church ...

It was here, on July 14, 1789, that revolutionaries stormed the infamous Bastille prison, a symbol of the tyranny of the Bourbon monarchy. Today, the fortress is no more, but the square remains a ...

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 French Revolution would be led by shopkeepers ... taxes and they took on the incredibly wealthy and powerful Catholic church. Above all, they declared the rights of man, the equality of ...