In which you'll see the Place de la Bastille in 1916 and also hear from a mysterious "Merle" who was fighting at the front during that time.
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Bastille – July Column – circa 1916
This is the Place de la Bastille in Paris, about 100 years ago.
And this is what it looked like 90 years later:
The postcard shows the building that stood before the Opera Bastille was constructed. The July Column, on the other hand, hasn’t changed much since its construction
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