Bastille Day

Bastille Day is an annual event celebrated by all Alliance Française branches across the world.

The annual Bastille Day dinner held by the Alliance Française de Rockhampton involves a spectacular 5-course French Dinner at a very
reasonable price to members.

This year, a Dinner Dance will be held on Saturday 17 July commencing 6.00pm at Beaches Restaurant, of the Rosslyn Bay Inn Resort
to celebrate Bastille Day.

Cost of the 5 course classic French Dinner is $50 for members of the Alliance and $60 for non members. Click here to see the menu!

Tickets are available until Wednesday 14 July from Health and Harmony Wholefoods, 41 Denham Street, Rockhampton.

For more information on please phone Pat Handley on 4934 1363, or email pope_nola@bigpond.com

Bastille Day (referred to as 'la fête de la Bastille' or 'la fête nationale' on French is a French national holiday celebrated on the 14th of
July.

It commemorates the storming of the Bastille, which took place on 14 July 1789 and marked the beginning of the French Revolution.
The Bastille was a prison and a symbol of the absolute and arbitrary power of Louis XVI's Ancient Regime. By capturing this symbol,
the people signaled that the king's power was no longer absolute: power should be based on the Nation and be limited by a separation
of powers.

Paris celebrates Bastille Day (referred to as La Fête de la Bastille or La
Fête Nationale in French), marks the first major event of the French
Revolution of 1789.

The destruction of the Bastille prison in central Paris was chosen as a
symbol of France's first stirrings of democracy, though it would take
several reinstated monarchies and bloody revolutions to establish an
enduring Republic.

Similar in spirit to American Independence Day or Canada Day, Bastille
Day is a festive event that splashes fireworks and patriotic processions
across Paris.