The project of the Path of the Wise was born during a session of the Council of Elders, made up of 9 women and 9 men aged 60 and over, chosen for their wise experience by the Municipal Councillors. On that day, the subject of reflection was the question of how to bring our republican motto “Liberty, Equality, Fraternity” to life?
The birth of the Path of the Sages
The idea germinated that sprinkle the city with sentences emanating from famous women and men, globally recognized for their wisdom and their humanism, could challenge the awareness of passers-by Borméens as tourists. In order to justify this bold and innovative project in the eyes of the Mayor and his Municipal Council, the decision is taken to combine this route with historical plaques which were to be installed on the city's emblematic monuments. The members of the Council of Elders then determined the route of this path within the medieval village and worked on the support, texts, images and symbols of these plates.
Le butterfly symbol is chosen because it represents joy, beauty, grace and lightness of being. It refers to the power of personal transformation by its strong power of rebirth. Indeed, before being a butterfly, this insect is first an egg, then it becomes a caterpillar before being a chrysalis and finally a butterfly. Each new step symbolizes a change in life, the let go on what you were to appreciate what you have become. As a symbol of wisdom, This animal is a source of inspiration in life. Under his fragile appearances,
The butterfly has a great strength. Indeed, his life is fleeting (life span of a few days to a few weeks) and yet, it spreads joy and good humor by the grace and beauty of its flight, enjoying every moment that nature offers it. So why not do like the butterfly, to approach with confidence everything that life offers us, good or bad experience, because after all it only lasts a moment. These experiences are not the past the better preparation for the future allowing us to move forward more serenely on the paths of life?
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen
Men are born free and equal in Rights.
La Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen was born in the summer 1789, Constituent Assembly project, formed by the meeting of the States General, to write a new constitutionand of precede it with a declaration of principles. Proposals are pouring in: Constituent Assembly charges five deputies, Démeunier, La Luzerne, Tronchet, Mirabeau and Redon, to examine the various draft declarations, of the melt into one and from present to the Assembly.
Article by article, the French declaration was voted on from August 20 to 26, 1789. Through his PREAMBLE and seventeen articles, it defines “natural and imprescriptible” rights what are liberty, property, safety, resistance to oppression, elle recognizes equality before the law and justice, and she affirms the principle of separation of powers. Ratified only on October 5 by Louis XVI under pressure from the Assembly and the people who had rushed to Versailles, it serves as a preamble to the first Constitution of the French Revolution of 1791. Although the text was subsequently flouted by a number of revolutionaries, and was followed by two other declarations of the rights of man in 1793 and 1795, it is the text of August 26, 1789 which has been imposed on posterity, it is this which has inspired by similar texts in many European and Latin American countries throughout the 19th century, and it is on him that are based on the French constitutions of 1852, 1946 and 1958.
The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen remains a reference text in France and around the world, especially the Universal Declaration of Human Rights adopted by the UN December 10, 1948, as well as the European Convention on Human Rights of November 4, 1950, claim the same heritage. The text is at the heart of moral and civic education. The law of July 8, 2013 recalls thatTeaching and sharing the values of the Republic is one of the missions of schools. Creating themoral and civic education, she specifies that The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen of 1789 must be displayed in a legible manner in all public or private educational establishments.
Republican buildings
The buildings located under Place Saint-François include the town hall, a former school and the war memorial, who have been inaugurated in 1892 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution. La town hall, formerly located at heart of villageWas moved on this specific space. Its architecture is oriented towards the village and its inhabitants. Next to the town hall is the school, symbolizing theimportance of education for the future of the village. In front of the town hall, a small monument commemorates the French Revolution.
THEold town hall was originally located in the oven street and had been used as boys' school and court. Over time, the population started to challenging the medieval aristocracy who oppressed the inhabitants with unfair taxes. The French Revolution found an echo in Bormes from February 1789, with elections of deputies and filing of citizens' grievance books. To celebrate the centenary of the Revolution, the municipality has decided to build a new town hall adapted to the managing a growing population. The location was chosen at theentrance to the village, near the new access road. The facade of the town hall faces the people.
Le war memorial, designed by the architect Charles Maurel, is one of rare monuments commemorating the French Revolution. It features sculptures by Hippolyte Moreau, which won awards at the Universal Exhibitions of 1878 and 1900. The monument was later transformed into a war memorial after World War I, with commemorative plaques bearing the names of the victims.
The village school was developed due to the population living mainly in the village. Over the years, the premises have changed location several times, depending on availability. Finally, a school group has been built in 1889-1891 and inaugurated in 1892. The school was divided into girls' and boys' schools. Later the school was transferred to the plain and fame Jean Moulin School. These structures symbolize the importance of education, democracy and the memory of those who sacrificed their lives for the homeland.
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