Though its origins date to the French Revolution, «Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité» was only adopted as the country’s slogan under the Third Republic in 1870.

A surveillance camera on the façade of the Crédit Municipal bank, next to the motto of the French Republique: «Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité»; “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”. The slogan is engraved on on both sides of this entrance at 16, rue des Blancs Manteaux, to avoid such an unfortunate juxtaposition, the camera would have to have been mounted at the top center of the doorway.

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A surveillance camera on the façade of the Crédit Municipal, next to the motto of the French Republique: «Liberté, Égalité, Fraternité»; “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity”. The slogan is engraved on on both sides of this entrance at 16, rue des Blancs Manteaux, to avoid such an unfortunate juxtaposition, the camera would have to have been mounted at the top center of the doorway.