Jul 14th, 2011 at 7:00AM:
Today is Bastille Day in France. Its a national day that celebrates the storming of the Bastille, a Parisian armory and prison, in 1789 and a symbolic event of the French Revolution. The Palace of Versailles is now a major tourist attraction and one of the largest palaces in the world. Once the official residence of the Kings of France, mobs marched on Versailles and carried Marie ...Click on a label to read posts from that part of the world.
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On Bastille Day, Versailles is the place to be
Jul 14th, 2011 at 7:00AM:
Today is Bastille Day in France. Its a national day that celebrates the storming of the Bastille, a Parisian armory and prison, in 1789 and a symbolic event of the French Revolution. The Palace of Versailles is now a major tourist attraction and one of the largest palaces in the world. Once the official residence of the Kings of France, mobs marched on Versailles and carried Marie ...Storm the Bastille with Concorde Hotels
Jun 21st, 2009 at 12:00PM: Need an excuse to head out to Europe this summer? Concorde Hotels & Resorts is ready to feed your jones for travel. The Concorde Summer package – just in time for Bastille Day – puts 22 hotels from around the world at your fingertips, from the Hotel Lutetia in Paris to the super-upscale Hotel de la Paix on the shores of Lake Geneva. You can join the party for as little as $115 a ...Le 14 Juillet: Celebrating Bastille Day French style
Jul 14th, 2008 at 3:30PM: This weekend featured a slew of events (like this one and these) in various American cities all in honor of the French national day, commonly referred to as Bastille Day. But even if you missed out on the weekend events, you still have today -- which happens to be the actual holiday -- to celebrate the ideals of fraternité, égalité et liberté (translation: freedom ...
