Bastille Day Chronicle of a Revolution

Prise de la Bastille, heure par heure

Also known as 14 Juillet 1789 : la prise de la Bastille heure par heure

Paris, July 14, 1789. The kingdom has been in crisis for several months, and the city is buzzing with unrest. Citizens are angry and have had enough of inequality, unemployment and hunger. 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.