In modern times, the Bastille is most famous for its destruction in 1789, a key moment of the French Revolution. However, it was originally intended as a fortification against a possible English invasion of Paris in the Hundred Years' War. The moated stone building with its fifteen-foot-thick walls was used as a prison beginning in the reign of Louis XIII.
Today in the Middle Ages: April 22, 1370
Submitted by Ursula on Wed, 2009-04-22 07:51
On April 22, 1370, the first stones of the Bastille were laid in Paris. Initial construction of the fortress was completed in 1382.
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