Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen - 200 Years - Chartres, France
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A monument commemorating the 200th anniversary of the Declaration of Rights of Man and of the Citizen is located in Place Chatelet in Chartres, France
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Location: Pays de la Loire, France
Date Posted: 08/10/2013
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The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, is a fundamental document of the French Revolution it defining the individual and collective rights of all as universal and valid at all times and in every place. The Declaration of the Rights of Man is and the Citizen was adopted on 26 August 1789, by the French National Constituent Assembly during the French Revolution. It was the first step toward writing a constitution for France.
A monument in Place Chatelet in Chartres commemorated the 200th anniversary of the adoption of The Declaration of the Rights of Man is and the Citizen. A statue of a female figure sits on top of a circular base. The figure has her right arm wrapped around a large globe of the earth. Below is the commemorative inscription:
1789 1989
DECLARATION
DES DROITS DE L'HOMME
ET DU CITOYEN
ARTICLE PREMIER
Les hommes naissent et demeurent libres et
égaux en droits. Les distinctions sociales ne
peuvent être fondées que sur l'utilité commune.
English:
1789-1989
DECLARATION
THE RIGHTS OF MAN
AND OF THE CITIZEN
ARTICLE 1
Men are born and remain free and have
equal rights. Social distinctions
can be based only on the common utility.