frenchrevolution1789.com Liberty in Flames A Bastille broken — where monarchy fell and people rose. The pulse of revolution reshaping rights. A timestamp of liberty, equality, and fraternity. People’s Sovereignty (1789) This vault honours the uprising that toppled monarchy and birthed modern democracy. Within its glow lies the Bastille, the Rights of Man, and the pulse of liberty. A sanctuary of liberty, equality, and sovereign fraternity.