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Place de la Bastille, Paris, France | |
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Everyone's heard of
the Bastille as a prison. Today the Place
de la Bastille is the lively center of a
lively Paris neighborhood with lots to see
and do—not just the Opera.
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Ah, the Bastille, that bastion of royal reactionary military might at the end of the reign of King Louis XVI of France. The fortress-like prison is long gone, a column topped with a gilded statue has been erected in its place, the ugly modern prison-like Paris Opéra is to one side of the great circle formed by the place, and there are several interesting things to see and do nearby, among them the Canal St-Martin, with its canal boat rides.
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Column and
ugly Paris
Opéra in
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