Bastille
/bæˈstiːl/- a fortress in Paris built in the 14th century and used in the 17th-18th centuries as a state prison. Its storming by the mob on 14 July 1789 marked the start of the French Revolution.巴士底狱(一座14世纪建于法国巴黎的堡垒, 17-18世纪用作国家监狱, 1789年7月14日, 暴动群众攻占巴士底狱, 揭开了法国大革命的序幕)。
词源
via Old French from Provençal bastida, from bastir 'build'.