~ ~ Place de la Nation
day of mobilization against pension reform
day of mobilization against pension reform
Leading the way: Mnouchkine and his troupe of Theatre du Soleil manipulating a puppet to 3 meters high,
allegorical figure of Justice.
allegorical figure of Justice.
"Now incessant revolts criticized his perjury. Those he commands only act on command. Anything for love. Now he feels his title hanging, limp on him.
Dress Like a giant on a forger dwarf
[William Shakespeare]
"That authority is limited to being just,
We will also be happy"
[B. Constant]
"Sad spectacle public / One thinks only of himself / The dignities places, the money / It takes all, we want everything, looted everything / It lives only by ambition and greed "
[Victor Hugo]
[Victor Hugo]
All this under the watchful eye of St. Louis (North statue left) and Philippe Auguste (South statue right), both perched proudly on their newly restored column.
~ ~ Victory
Other allegorical figure of the ... mobilization is one of four sculptures located on the lower parts of columns from the Throne. A nice nod is not it?
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