- 11 -082016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 18
War Bonds Although exceptional credits were voted by the Legislative Assembly in order to finance military operations and war industries in the early stages of the war, very soon France started facing a liquidity crisis. […]
- 10 -192016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 17
Translation de cendres Although translations differ from burials, they have similar aspects. During a translation, the body of the defunct buried in a cemetery is exhumed and the remains also referred to in French as […]
- 10 -172016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 16
The arc de triomphe de l’Étoile On 17 July 1915, the coffin of Rouget de Lisle was taken from a van and placed on a wheeled gun carriage beneath the arc de triomphe de l’Étoile. […]
- 10 -062016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 15
At Choisy-Le-Roi The photograph on the right shows the stone sarcophagus–162 cm long, 30 cm deep and 30 cm high–unearthed on 12 July 1915. The name of the defunct is engraved on both sides. A […]
- 09 -162016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : épisode 14
How the idea Translation of the Body came about The idea of translating the remains of Rouget de Lisle at the Panthéon was not a new idea. On 30 April 1913, one could read in […]
- 09 -092016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 13
A “Living Embodiment of La Marseillaise” In 1905, Louise-Anthelmine Chenal, also known as Marthe Chenal (1881-1947) won first prize of singing and opera at the Conservatoire National de Musique de Paris. The following year, she […]
- 09 -072016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : épisode 12
From one resting place to another On a Sunday, 26 June 1836, just before midnight, Rouget de Lisle died at Choisy-le-Roi following a severe bronchial catarrh. He was 76 years old. His funeral took place […]
- 09 -012016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : épisode 11
The Native Son Following the death of Rouget de Lisle in 1836, the Emulation Society of the Jura was the first society to set up a national campaign for the erection of a monument in […]
- 08 -242016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 10
Two Monuments for One Single Man During the Third Republic (1870-1940), symbols borrowed from the French Revolution of 1789 were systematically used to serve as affirmations of republican governmental power and control: the initials “RF” […]
- 08 -192016
Rouget de Lisle & La Marseillaise : episode 9
February 1848: a New Revolution The July Monarchy proved to be unsuccessful to respond to the needs of the lower classes whose working and living conditions had greatly worsened. From 22 February to 25 February […]
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