Fine Arts Exhibition

The July Column

Opens Sunday at 2:30 PM

Bastille, Paris

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🏛️"We really enjoyed seeing inside the column, and think you will too!" (Hotels Paris Rive Gauche)

🔦Dramatic lighting reveals reverse-sculpted effigies from inside

👁️Tiny window peeks at Canal Saint-Martin flowing underneath

A golden-winged Liberty crowns this 52-meter bronze column, but the real surprise lies below: guided weekend tours descend into vaulted crypts where 700 revolutionaries rest, and a helical staircase reveals the monument's hidden anatomy.

Historic landmark

Guided tours only

Underground crypts

French Revolution history

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The July Column

Pl. de la Bastille, 75004 Paris, France

13 €

www.colonne-de-juillet.fr

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Historic landmark
Guided tours only
Underground crypts
French Revolution history
Bastille
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