ID: 700001912 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700001912	Record Type: Built Work
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Bastille (bastide; unknown architect, by order of Charles V, King of France; begun in 1370, with additions ...)

Note: Important fortress, arsenal, and prison in Paris until 1789. It became a French state prison and a place of detention for important persons charged with various offenses in the 17th and 18th centuries. Although only seven prisoners were confined in the building at the time, it was stormed by an armed mob of Parisians in the opening days of the French Revolution in 1789, serving as a symbol of the despotism of the ruling Bourbon monarchy and held an important place in the ideology of the Revolution. It was later demolished by order of the Revolutionary government; only bits of the stone foundation remain today.

Titles:

Bastille (preferred,C,U,undetermined,U,U)

Bastille Saint-Antoine (C,U,OR,undetermined,U,U)

Catalog Level: item

Work Types:

bastide [300008449] (preferred)

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Settlements and Landscapes (hierarchy name), inhabited places, <settlements by function>, <settlements by function: military>)

prison (building) [300006460]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, institutional buildings, correctional institutions (buildings))

fortress [300006894]

..... (Objects Facet, Built Environment (hierarchy name), Single Built Works (hierarchy name), single built works (built environment), <single built works by specific type>, <single built works by function>, fortifications (built environment))

Classifications:

assemblages (preferred)

Creation Date: begun in 1370, with additions through the 17th century; demolished in late 18th century

Creator Display:

unknown architect, by order of Charles V, King of France [preferred,VP]

architect unknown (unknown cultural designation) [500125274]

patron Charles V, King of France (French king, 1338-1380) [500280663]

Locations:

Paris [7008038] (Geographic)

Address Note: 48°51'7.19" N 2°22'3.59" E; Place de la Bastille, Paris, France

Display Materials: stone

	stone (worked rock) [300011176]
	.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by composition>, inorganic material, rock (inorganic material), <rock by form>)

Dimensions: eight towers, 100 feet (30 meters) high, linked by walls of equal height and surrounded by a moat more than 80 feet (24 meters) wide

General Subject:

architecture (preferred,isness)

Specific Subjects:

	fortifying [300254182]
	.....(Activities Facet, Processes and Techniques (hierarchy name), <processes and techniques by specific type>, <protective processes and techniques>) (AAT)

	imprisonment [300137572]
	.....(Activities Facet, Functions (hierarchy name), functions (activities), <functions by specific context>, legal functions) (AAT)

Related Works:

	plan is .... Plan de la Bastille [700001467]
	..........etching (print); Chapuy, Jean Baptiste (etcher, ca. 1760-1802); Published: ca. 1790; Getty Research Institute, Special Collections (Los Angeles, ...; 2682-554; 682554; (CMalG)1516-756; accession number: P980009* (bx.4,f.4)

List/Hierarchical Position:

..... Built Works

.......... Built Works by class: fortifications, transportation, bridges, barriers, military, urban planning, and engineering works

Sources and Contributors:
Bastille	........ [VP,GRISC]
	........ Sobou and Forrest, French Revolution (1989)
	........ Grove Art Online (2008-)
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 31 August 2012
	........ GRI Special Collections databases (1983-)
Bastille Saint-Antoine	........ [VP]
	........ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-)

Subject: ....... [VP,GRISC]

Note:
English	..... [VP]
	..... Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 31 August 2012