The July 14 date of the fête commemorates two important events in French history. FRANCE 24 takes a look at the holiday’s origins and what to expect on the day. One of your browser extensions ...

The infamous prison no longer exists—it was destroyed in a bout of revolutionary fervor a few months later—but its legacy can still be felt in celebrations across France on Bastille Day ...

Last weekend, tanks rumbled along the Avenue des Champs-Élysées in Paris past viewing stands erected in advance of Bastille Day, France’s national holiday. The tanks weren’t rehearse for the ...

Bastille Day marks a hugely significant day in French history and is widely celebrated by Gallic people around the world. It’s often marked by communal traditional feasts, parades, musical ...

Today (7/14) is the French holiday Bastille Day and it marks the storming of a ... and can learn about its history, its cultural heritage, and make new discoveries.” This year the festival ...

(Also read: World Population Day 2024: Date, history, theme, significance) Celebrating Bastille Day is a way to honour the fight for democracy and the rights and freedoms of citizens. The ...

Bonjour! Today (July 14) is Bastille Day – a day of great importance in French history. Bastille Day is a celebration of French freedoms and the beginning of the French republic. It also falls ...

July 14th is Bastille Day, the national day of France ... these songs tell a history of revolutionary France. This work is France's national anthem. Originally the anthem of the Revolution ...