The square of Bastille, is named after the famous prison of Paris that stud here at the beginning of French revolution. On July 14, 1789, the prison and its prisoners were freed by revolutionists. It took three years to dismantle the walls of the prison. Paving stones on the boulevard of Henry IV determine the line, which indicates the contours of the walls of the destroyed prison. A sign with the inscription "Ici on danse" ("Here dances") was put on the wasteland and every year folk festival took place here. Tradition remains so far. In 1833, Louis-Philippe I decided to establish a July column in the square in memory of the "three days of glory" from July 27 to July 29, 1830 during the July Revolution
It was a brightful day. We walked through the squares and parks of old mansions, visited the Picasso Museum, the art galleries, had lunch at the Place des Vosges, visited the Place de la Bastille and completed the walk by the princely and quiet boardwalk of the River Seine, where live swans and peace reigns.
