Faubourg Saint-Antoine

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Faubourg Saint-Antoine is a historic Parisian district known for its long-standing artisan and furniture-making traditions and its key role in the city’s revolutionary movements.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf former faubourg
historic district
neighborhood
administrativeDivision Paris 11th arrondissement NERFINISHED
Paris 12th arrondissement NERFINISHED
associatedWith Bastille area
associatedWithEvent Storming of the Bastille
surface form: storming of the Bastille
borderedBy Nation area
Place de la Bastille
country France
hasCulturalHeritage craft guild traditions
woodcraft know-how
hasHistoricalRole center of cabinetmaking in Paris
hotbed of revolutionary agitation
stronghold of working-class population
hasReputation center of popular uprisings in Paris history
politically engaged population
hasUrbanForm dense network of courtyards and passages
historicalPeriodOfImportance 18th century
19th century
historicalStatus suburb outside medieval Paris walls
knownFor artisan traditions
craftsmanship
furniture-making
political activism
role in French revolutionary movements
woodworking workshops
language French
locatedIn 12th arrondissement of Paris
Paris
namedAfter Porte Saint-Antoine
partOf Right Bank of the Seine
surface form: Right Bank of Paris
playedRoleIn French Revolution
Paris Commune
July Revolution in France
surface form: Revolution of 1830

Revolution of 1848 in France
socialCharacter artisan quarter
working-class district
streetAxis Rue du Faubourg-Saint-Antoine NERFINISHED
traditionalEconomicActivity furniture production
joinery
upholstery
transportAccess Bastille metro station
Faidherbe-Chaligny metro station
Ledru-Rollin metro station
urbanDevelopment integration into Paris city walls in the 17th century

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Bastille locatedIn Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Place de la Bastille near Faubourg Saint-Antoine
Storming of the Bastille tookPlaceIn Faubourg Saint-Antoine