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Bastille Day's Storming Freed Only 7 Prisoners — and Sparked a Revolution

On July 14, 1789, a furious Parisian mob stormed the Bastille expecting to free political martyrs — and found exactly seven prisoners, none of them heroes. Yet the nearly pointless act became the founding myth of the French Revolution. The post Bastille Day’s Storming Freed Only 7 Prisoners — and Sparked a Revolution appeared first on History Collection.

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The Maison Dulac cinema announces the arrival of a new director. Clara Pires takes over the direction of Majestic Bastille, after several years spent in the world of performing life as a theatre teacher. She has reoriented herself towards cinema by integrating the UGC Ciné Cité Les Halles as host agent, then host manager and finally manager of exploitation. She now directs the establishment of two screens in the 11th arrondissement of Paris whic…

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