France · Demolished
Bastille
The Bastille was a medieval stone fortress in Paris built from 1370 and completed around 1380 to guard the Porte Saint-Antoine. It later served as a royal state prison and was stormed on 14 July 1789, after which it was demolished and replaced by the Place de la Bastille. Almost nothing of the fortress remains above ground today.
First raised
1370
Its prime
1380
Today
Demolished
As it stood in 1380
The shape it held in its prime.
The Bastille in its prime was a rectangular stone fortress of eight roughly arranged cylindrical towers linked by high, thick curtain walls all rising to the same height. The tops of towers and walls formed a continuous crenellated parapet and broad chemin de ronde; roofs were level with the wall-walk. Built of pale limestone ashlar, the base was faced with large blocks and stood above a wide, water-filled ditch fed by the Seine with multiple drawbridges at the gateways.
Step inside
9 places to explore in 1380.
The record describes 9 distinct spots at Bastille — including 2 interiors: tower roof 'calotte' (shell) room, tower base and underground cachot (dungeon). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Bastille with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1380 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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