Français : Tympan d'une église (
Aups,
Var) avec la devise de l'État français datant de
1905 apposée pour signifier que l'église appartient à l'État (cf .
[1])
English: Tympanum of a church (
Aups,
Var department). The Republican motto "
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" was put on in 1905 (following the
French law on the separation of the state and the church) to show that this church was owned by the state. Such inscriptions are very rare, and this one was restored in 1989 during the bicentennial of the
French Revolution.
Español: Tímpano de una
iglesia (
Aups,
Var department). The Republican motto "
Liberté, Egalité, Fraternité" was put on in 1905 (following the
French law on the separation of the state and the church) to show that this church was owned by the state. Such inscriptions are very rare, and this one was restored in 1989 during the bicentennial of the
French Revolution.