{"id":105,"date":"2017-05-26T12:45:14","date_gmt":"2017-05-26T17:45:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/?p=105"},"modified":"2017-06-15T14:21:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-15T19:21:15","slug":"les-symboles-de-la-republique-francaise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/2017\/05\/26\/les-symboles-de-la-republique-francaise\/","title":{"rendered":"Les symboles de la Republique Francaise"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Les symboles de la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise<\/em> translates to the symbols of France. During a course I took this semester, we spent some time talking about the\u00a0<em>true <\/em>symbols of France. No, their symbols do not include the Eiffel Tower, or the Louvre museum. The symbols of France are:<\/p>\n<p>1. The flag<br \/>\n2. Marianne<br \/>\n3. The national motto<br \/>\n4.\u00a0La Marseillaise- The French national anthem<\/p>\n<p>The Flag<br \/>\n&#8211; The flag comes from the French Revolution. The blue and red represent the colors of France and the white represents the monarchy.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/5\/54\/Civil_and_Naval_Ensign_of_France.svg\/2000px-Civil_and_Naval_Ensign_of_France.svg.png\" alt=\"Image result\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Marianne<br \/>\n&#8211; She is a symbol of the people. She is a symbol of the republic, one of liberty and reason. She can be found on official papers, on stamps, and on French euro coins.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/a\/a7\/Eug%C3%A8ne_Delacroix_-_La_libert%C3%A9_guidant_le_peuple.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for marianne\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The National Motto<br \/>\n&#8211; The national motto of France is liberty, equality, and fraternity. The motto comes from the declaration of the rights of man. \u00a0It is found on the front of all official buildings.<\/p>\n<p><img src=\"https:\/\/fj.ambafrance.org\/local\/cache-vignettes\/L945xH557\/c4325d5ad55a6f63-53462.png\" alt=\"Image result for the french motto\" \/><\/p>\n<p>La Marseillaise<br \/>\n&#8211; The national anthem comes from a war chant created by French soldiers of Marseille to defend the revolution. The anthem was composed by Rouget de Lisle on April 25, 1792. Like the American national anthem, it is played at all major events and holidays.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/www.caloundracity.asn.au\/Francofiles\/images\/icons\/marseillaise_2.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for the marseillaise\" width=\"300\" height=\"256\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s important to know the symbols of a country because they are the visual representations a country uses to represent their people, values, and history. They can also make you think about what symbols you use to represent yourself as an individual, what message you are projecting to the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Les symboles de la R\u00e9publique fran\u00e7aise translates to the symbols of France. During a course I took this semester, we spent some time talking about the\u00a0true symbols of France. No, their symbols do not include the Eiffel Tower, or the &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/2017\/05\/26\/les-symboles-de-la-republique-francaise\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":472,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/472"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":137,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/105\/revisions\/137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uml.edu\/lyon-2017\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}