La Barre Monument, Memorial monument near railway station in Abbeville, France.
The secular monument features a tapered column with a commemorative bronze plaque near the canal aqueduct over the River Somme in Abbeville.
In 1766, Francois-Jean de la Barre was executed at age 18 for failing to remove his hat during a religious procession in Abbeville.
The French National Convention declared La Barre a victim of superstition in 1793, marking a transition toward separation of church and state.
The monument serves as a gathering location for annual ceremonies organized by secular organizations and freethinkers from across France.
A public subscription funded the construction of this monument, which displays the inscription about human thought emancipation on its column surface.
Location: Abbeville
GPS coordinates: 50.10357,1.82594
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:56
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