La Fraternité, Plaster sculpture at town hall of 10th arrondissement, France.

La Fraternité is a plaster relief sculpture in the wedding room of the 10th arrondissement town hall in Paris, showing multiple human figures positioned closely together. The work creates the impression of people coming together and supporting one another through their physical arrangement.

Jules Dalou made this plaster relief in 1883, the year the 10th arrondissement town hall on Place de la République was rebuilt after the Commune. Dalou, a Communard exile pardoned in 1879, gave the work to the city; it hangs in the wedding room, where the Third Republic's new civil marriage ritual was performed.

Dalou gave the relief the title La Fraternité, one of the three words of the French national motto, alongside liberty and equality. The wedding room setting ties it to civil marriage: couples marry in front of an image of fraternity. In the upper part a draped woman holds a garland above the group, while below muscular men support and struggle together.

The sculpture is located in the wedding room of the town hall, which is easily reached by public transit near the République metro station. Visitors should check in advance when the room is open to the public, since it also serves as a space for official ceremonies.

The plaster material allowed Dalou to capture fine details in the faces and body positions of each figure, revealing his technical mastery as a sculptor. This refinement makes each person distinct and recognizable despite how tightly they are grouped together.