a military building in Paris that was used as a prison in the 17th and 18th centuries. In 1789 it was attacked by people who wanted revolution (= violent social and political change) in France, and this attack is regarded as being the start of the French Revolution.

On 14th July the French celebrate the storming of the Bastille. 法国在7月14日庆祝攻克巴士底狱。