Place de la Bastille - Paris (France)
Place de la Bastille 28/09/2025 09h18
Sunday morning "something past nine" and almost nobody on the street. We are living in a 24/7 world but here the Sunday seems still for God.
I took my parents to Paris in 1991 to show them the city I love (and visit so often). This terrace of Café Français was one of the places where I had coffee with them. You should cherish those beautiful memories.
Place de la Bastille
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris, where the Bastille prison stood until the 'Storming of the Bastille' and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution; no vestige of it remains.
The square straddles 3 arrondissements of Paris, namely the 4th, 11th and 12th. The square and its surrounding areas are normally called simply Bastille.
The July Column (Colonne de Juillet) which commemorates the events of the July Revolution (1830) stands at the center of the square. Other notable features include the Bastille Opera, the Bastille subway station and a section of the Canal Saint Martin. Prior to 1984, the former Bastille railway station stood where the opera house now stands.
The square is often home to concerts and similar events. The north-eastern area of Bastille is busy at night due to many cafés, bars, night clubs, and concert halls.
As a consequence of its historical significance, the square is often used for political demonstrations, including the massive anti-CPE demonstration of 28 March 2006.
Length: 215 meters
Width: 150 meters (average)
Creation: 27/06/1792
Place de la Bastille - Paris (France)
Place de la Bastille 28/09/2025 09h18
Sunday morning "something past nine" and almost nobody on the street. We are living in a 24/7 world but here the Sunday seems still for God.
I took my parents to Paris in 1991 to show them the city I love (and visit so often). This terrace of Café Français was one of the places where I had coffee with them. You should cherish those beautiful memories.
Place de la Bastille
The Place de la Bastille is a square in Paris, where the Bastille prison stood until the 'Storming of the Bastille' and its subsequent physical destruction between 14 July 1789 and 14 July 1790 during the French Revolution; no vestige of it remains.
The square straddles 3 arrondissements of Paris, namely the 4th, 11th and 12th. The square and its surrounding areas are normally called simply Bastille.
The July Column (Colonne de Juillet) which commemorates the events of the July Revolution (1830) stands at the center of the square. Other notable features include the Bastille Opera, the Bastille subway station and a section of the Canal Saint Martin. Prior to 1984, the former Bastille railway station stood where the opera house now stands.
The square is often home to concerts and similar events. The north-eastern area of Bastille is busy at night due to many cafés, bars, night clubs, and concert halls.
As a consequence of its historical significance, the square is often used for political demonstrations, including the massive anti-CPE demonstration of 28 March 2006.
Length: 215 meters
Width: 150 meters (average)
Creation: 27/06/1792