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What did the Bastille symbolize in France? What did the fall of the Bastille mean for the people?

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The medieval fortress, armory, and political prison in Paris known as the Bastille represented royal authority in the center of Paris. The prison contained just seven inmates at the time of its storming but was a symbol of abuses by the monarchy; itsfall was the flashpoint of the French Revolution.
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