Symbols
- Tricolour – the flag of the Republic, consisting of three vertical stripes, blue, white, and red.
- Fleur-de-lys – the lily, emblem of the Bourbon monarchy.
- Phrygian cap – symbol of liberty and citizenhood
- The "Marseillaise" – the republican anthem.
- The "Ça ira" – the militant sans–culottes anthem
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