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# This is the key to the Bastille: in 1790 the Marquis de Lafayette presented it to his old friend George Washington
- URL: https://theparnassian.com/en/eto-kliuch-ot-bastilii-v-1790-godu-markiz-de-lafaiet-podaril-ego-staromu-drugu-dzhordzhu-vashingtonu/
- Published: 2018-06-07T13:57:37.000Z
- Updated: 2026-10-01T05:44:32.000Z
- Author: Alexandr Radayev
- Tags: NB!, Aristocracy, Heritage

This is the key to the Bastille: in 1790 the Marquis de Lafayette presented it to his old friend George Washington. Washington hung the key in his house at Mount Vernon, where it hangs to this day