Cherubs

Here is the face of one of the four putti in the fountain of the Jean Jaures square in Castres, standing on the opposite side of the statue of the famous man and the tombstone of Pierre de Fermat I already posted on.

These putti are cute nights and days, under the sun, the rain or the snow…Just come and see them when shopping fresh food at every Saturday morning opened market or when visiting the coming Christmas market (9-27/12/2016).

This cast-iron fountain was built in 1867. Even if smaller, its form refers to the fountains of Sees and Rivers located in the Place de la Concorde in Paris.

« Le courage, c’est de chercher la vérité et de la dire »

Cette phrase est extraite du dernier article de Jean Jaurès rédigé le jour de son assassinat. Cet homme politique tarnais, né à Castres le 3 septembre 1859, est mort assassiné par Raoul Villain à Paris le 31 juillet 1914.

Agrégé de philosophie, grand orateur et parlementaire socialiste, il s'est notamment illustré par son pacifisme et son opposition au déclenchement de la Première Guerre Mondiale.

On trouve bien sûr à Castres sa statue sur une grande place et le lycée qu’il a fréquenté, portant son nom. Castres possède aussi son musée :

http://www.tourisme-castres.fr/musee-jaures

  

Jean Jaurès was born in Castres on September 3rd 1859. Graduated in philosophy, he was a great orator and Socialist leader.  Antimilitarist, Jaurès was assassinated by Raoul Villain in Paris on the 31 July 1914 at the outbreak of World War I. He remains one of the main historical figures in French XXth century politics. A large square and the school he attended as a student bear his name in Castres where his museum can also be visited.