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The bastille day, 14 july

Posted on juillet 15th, 2008 by claudie.
Categories: Paris, 14 juillet.

 Who would better tell you the Fête Nationale in France than Wikipedia:

Bastille Day is the French national holiday, celebrated on 14 July each year. In France, it is called Fête Nationale (”National Celebration”), in official parlance, or more commonly quatorze juillet (”14 July”). It commemorates the 1790 Fête de la Fédération, held on the first anniversary of the storming of the Bastille on 14 July 1789; the anniversary of the storming of the Bastille 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

Here you will see 8 photos of the military parade on the Champs Elysées I found on “Le monde.fr”. Click here! 

 This year the fireworks at the Eiffel Tower was particulary beautiful with a pyrotechnic show on the theme “opera” with a tribute to La Callas and Pavarotti. Click here!

Here in Ollioules, I watched the fireworks from my house with Pierre because we have a nice point of view on the sea.

Happy Bastille Day ! Bon 14 juillet!

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