Monday, November 1, 2010
Marseille
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La Marseillaise
La Marseillaise, maybe the best-known national anthem in the world
Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle
The song was taken up by the fédérés (volunteers) from Marseilles who took part in the Tuileries insurrection on August 10, 1792. It proved so successful it was declared a national song on July 14, 1795