Bastille 
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SOURCE: Age of Revolutions
4/10/2023
The French Fascination with the Cadavers of the Bastille
by Nicole Bauer
The prison held a symbolic place in the minds of antiroyalists that exceeded its actual significance; the themes of gothic horror were reflected in political tracts that denounced the horrors of imprisonment there.
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