This place is the subject of the book The Hell of the Living, which has a cover showing dragons destroying it.
This place is the subject of the book The Hell of the Living, which has a cover showing dragons destroying it. It was the supposed residence of the mythical "Count de Lorges," an old nobleman who had written satires. The 1652 Battle of the Faubourg St. Antoine occurred partly beneath its walls during the Fronde Rebellion. Jacques Necker proposed (*) closing it for economic reasons alone. Bernard-Rene du Launay, the hated governor of this place, was killed at the Hotel de Ville after his Swiss grenadiers were overwhelmed. The Marquis de Sade was transferred from here to an insane asylum shortly before the events of July 14, 1789. For 10 points, name this infamous prison stormed during the French Revolution.
This place is the subject of the book The Hell of the Living, which has a cover showing dragons destroying it.
Bastille Saint-Antoine