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What was at bastille at the time of the attacks

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The Bastille held a large cache of ammunition and gunpowder, and was also known for holding political prisoners whose writings had displeased the royal government, and was thus a symbol of the absolutismof the monarchy. As it happened, at the time of the attack in July 1789, there were only seven inmates, none of great political significance.

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