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Bastille Day is the common name given in English-speaking countries to the national day of France, which is celebrated on 14 July each year.In French, it is called the Fête nationale française (French: [fɛt nɑsjɔnal fʁɑ̃sɛːz]; ' French National Celebration '); legally it is known as le 14 juillet (French: [lə katɔʁz(ə) ʒɥijɛ]; ' the 14th of July ').
Paris is hosting an extra-special guest for France’s national holiday Sunday — the Olympic flame lighting up the city’s grandiose military parade for Bastille Day. Just 12 days before the ...
The Bastille Day military parade, also known as the 14 July military parade, translation of the French name of Défilé militaire du 14 juillet, is a French military parade that has been held on the morning of 14 July each year in Paris since 1880, almost without exception. The parade passes down the Avenue des Champs-Élysées from Place ...
2016 Nice truck attack. / 43.6936; 7.2557. On the evening of 14 July 2016, a 19-tonne cargo truck was deliberately driven into crowds of people celebrating Bastille Day on the Promenade des Anglais in Nice, France, resulting in the deaths of 86 people [ n 1] and the injury of 434 others. [ 4] The driver was Mohamed Lahouaiej-Bouhlel, a Tunisian ...
France has banned the sale, possession and transport of fireworks over the Bastille Day weekend next week amid fears of renewed riots.. Protesters have been filmed launching fireworks during the ...
The Storming of the Bastille ( French: Prise de la Bastille [pʁiz də la bastij]) occurred in Paris, France, on 14 July 1789, when revolutionary insurgents attempted to storm and seize control of the medieval armoury, fortress and political prison known as the Bastille. After four hours of fighting and 94 deaths the insurgents were able to ...
France celebrated its national holiday Friday with whizzing warplanes and a grand Bastille Day parade in Paris — and with more than 100,000 police deployed around the country to prevent a new ...
The Bastille ( / bæˈstiːl /, French: [bastij] ⓘ) was a fortress in Paris, known as the Bastille Saint-Antoine. It played an important role in the internal conflicts of France and for most of its history was used as a state prison by the kings of France. It was stormed by a crowd on 14 July 1789, in the French Revolution, becoming an ...