Celebrated on 14 July, 2014 the French national holiday is popularly known as bastille day. It commemorates the 1790 Fete de la Federation, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille fortress-prison was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern nation, and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution.
Festivities and celebrations are held on the morning of 14 July, on the Champs-Elysees avenue in Paris in front of the President of the Republic.
Bastille Day 2014
Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. It is called Fete Nationale in France. It memorializes the 1790 Fete de la Federation, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789, the Fete de la Federation was seen as a symbol of the uprising of the modern French "nation," and of the reconciliation of all the French inside the constitutional monarchy which preceded the First Republic, during the French Revolution. On 14 July, France celebrates its national holiday in remembrance of the storming of the Bastille prison, which took place in 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
The French Independence Day is Bastille Day, July 14. It is called that because it celebrates the invasion of the Bastille, a renowned prison, during the French Revolution, in 1789. With the taking of this prison, the association to replace a two-person government with a representative government began.