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"La Marseillaise" [a] is the national anthem of France. It was written in 1792 by Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle in Strasbourg after the declaration of war by the First French Republic against Austria, and was originally titled "Chant de guerre pour l'Armée du Rhin ".
He further elaborated on this phrase in Le Petit Marseillais on 9 February 1941 [4] [5]. He referenced it again in April 1941 in an article in L'Action française to clarify its meaning and respond to criticism [6]. Finally, Maurras reiterated the expression in his book De la colère à la justice, published in 1942 [7].
La Marseillaise is a French film of 1938, directed by Jean Renoir.A vast political, social, and military panorama of the French Revolution up to the autumn of 1792, its many episodes range from the life of ordinary working people through the committed bourgeois struggling for change up to those in the upper echelons of society defending the status quo.
On 30 July 1792, Duhamel, Lieutenant of the Filles de Saint Thomas Battalion, a stockbroker, was killed by Marseillais and other Guardsmen were more or less seriously injured. Additional revolutionaries come to their aid and attack the Marseille National Guardsmen. [5] They take refuge in the Tuileries Palace. Mandat raises the drawbridge.
Louis François, better known as Francis Tourte, (8 June 1816 – 5 October 1891) was a 19th-century French composer, poet, chansonnier and playwright. He was François Tourte 's grandson.
Tourte de blettes (torta de blea in Niçois) is a pie made with Swiss chard, which can be served as a main course or as a sweet dessert. It is a culinary specialty of the city of Nice . It is made with an olive oil–based crust, Swiss chard, raisins, pine nuts, Parmesan or Gruyère cheese, sugar, and apples.
Calmer winds and higher humidity helped firefighters make progress Saturday battling an unprecedented fire siege that has devastated the foothill community of Altadena and coastal enclave of ...
It gets its name from the tourte, which is what it was originally made from. Though the name "tourtière" is derived from its filling, the tourte—the French name for the passenger pigeon that is now extinct in North America—was historically used as its filling before the 20th century. [4] Tourtière is not exclusive to Quebec.