You can't skip Bastille if you go to Paris. The very name of the place just says 'France'. And this is where the France of today started. Right? The French Revolution?

Oh.... wait. which French Revolution? Bastille was the hotbed for two of France's three revolutions.

But enough history! Here, you'll find some of my favorite places in and around Bastille.

Whatever you might have heard about the place, it's changed. A lot. And you might be surprised at what awaits you in Bastille these days.

And.... (because history is embedded in Bastille), I'm also going to introduce you to Bastille's elephant. A very, very cool pachyderm, that. One you really should meet!

So, if you're thinking about where you should go in Paris, and what you should see, and what is the prettiest café in Bastille (and the purriest), add this video to your watchlist.

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*** Shot entirely an iPhone, edited entirely on an iPad Air using LumaFusion (like all my videos) ***


Extra images used:
- Historic images of Bastille and personnages all in the Public Domain (sourced through http://www.parismuseescollections.par...)
- The picture of the Man in the Iron Mask by Prosopee (CC BY 3.0 licence, attribution required)
- Unsplash copyright free images: Old man with beard (Photo by Donald Teel on Unsplash), the Crown (Photo by Mitya Ivanov on Unsplash), the Sword (Photo by Anis Rahman on Unsplash), Silhouette of prison bars (Photo by Tim Hüfner on Unsplash), Male prisoner silhouette
(Photo by Harry Shelton on Unsplash), Silhouettes representing jailed counterfeiters (One photo by Joe Shields, the other by Ben Sweet, both on Unsplash), Crazy eye prisoner (Photo by Diane Picchiottino on Unsplash)

Music via Artlist.io:
- "Cold" by Anthony Lazaro
- "Rush Hour" by Dan Zeitune
- "A Short Story of Paris" by Max H.
- "Noi del sud" by Orazio Saracino
- "Farewell" by Maya Beltsitzman & Matan Ephrat
- "Future Retro" by Captain Joz
- "This Will Be the End" by Shahead Mostafafar
- "Autumn" by Kevin Graham
- "Sax Party" by Ofer Koren
- "Anthem" by Rex Banner
- "Something New" by Anthony Lazaro
- "A Dance Under the Stars" by D.A.H. Trump