Introduction to Place Bastille: Place Bastille (Place Bastille), the birthplace of the French Revolution. The original Bastille in Place de la Bastille has been demolished. In the center of the square, a copper pillar has been erected to commemorate the French Revolution in 1830 that once again overthrew the feudal monarchy. Located on the right bank of the Seine River in Paris, east of Paris, it is the former location of the Bastille. The zigzag masonry line extending northward from the Boulevard Henri IV marks the scope of the original Bastille. A marble at the corner of the Rue Saint-Antoine and the Rue Jacques-Guerre is engraved with: "This was originally the Bastille. Front yard gate.