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a wall built by the desperate to stop the inevitable, sometimes succeeding gloriously.

word originFrom French barriques, meaning barrels stuffed with dirt.
paris specialtyParisians revolted so often, streets were redesigned to prevent them.
haussmann's fixWide boulevards built specifically to make barricades useless.
les misHugo's famous barricade was based on a real 1832 uprising.
build timeA practiced mob could erect one in minutes.
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