The page tells how Rouget de Lisle wrote the "Chant de guerre pour l'armée du Rhin" in the night of 25–26 April 1792, how volunteers from Marseille made it famous, and how it became the national anthem. Good reading practice at B1–B2 with civic content. Free, in French. This is an external link; the publisher's terms of use apply.
PreparationStudy materialsÉlysée · La Marseillaise of Rouget de Lisle
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Élysée · La Marseillaise of Rouget de Lisle
History of the national anthem: written in Strasbourg in April 1792, national song in 1795, official anthem under the Third Republic (1879).
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