Rising Water Levels And Uprisings
The Canal Saint-Martin happens to be the best-regarded out of the three canals, which ran subterranean and connected the Bassin de l’Arsenal with the Place de la Bastille. If you know your French history, then the Place de la Bastille is significant to you as the place where the French Revolution saw some of its bloodiest and most important struggles. Better known as the Bastille, this was a prison that was assaulted during the French Revolution. Given that this was the place where so much significant historical action took place, you can imagine that modern Parisians were terribly eager to see what was down there.
Rising Water Levels And Uprisings
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