The symbols of the Republic
Find out here about the principal symbols of the Republic and France’s National Day, 14 July, Bastille Day.
This isn’t just a historic date for France. It is known the world over and most often represents a watershed in history, the move from an absolute monarchical system to republican regimes.
When the Bastille fell it took the absolute monarchies down with it and symbolically signalled the launch of new aspirations whose main values were to be defined by the "Declaration of the Rights of Man and the Citizen" of 26 August 1789, to a large extent, inspired the "Universal Declaration of Human Rights" adopted in 1948 by the United Nations General Assembly, and still remain a benchmark today
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