{"id":2624,"date":"2015-11-21T00:01:16","date_gmt":"2015-11-20T22:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/?p=2624"},"modified":"2022-01-26T12:50:04","modified_gmt":"2022-01-26T12:50:04","slug":"paris-still-alive-and-kicking-fluctuat-nec-mergitur","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/straten-pleinen\/paris-still-alive-and-kicking-fluctuat-nec-mergitur\/","title":{"rendered":"Paris still alive and kicking: Fluctuat  nec mergitur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><div style=\"width: 458px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a style=\"font-weight: bold; color: #ff4b33;\" href=\"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FLUCTUAT_NEC_MERGITUR_Paris_Place-de-la-R\u00e9publique-11.14.2015.jpg\" rel=\"\" media=\"\"><img loading=\"lazy\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/FLUCTUAT_NEC_MERGITUR_Paris_Place-de-la-R\u00e9publique-11.14.2015.jpg\" alt=\"FLUCTUAT_NEC_MERGITUR_Paris_Place de la R\u00e9publique 11.14.2015\" width=\"448\" height=\"336\" \/><\/a><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">14 november 2015 Place de la R\u00e9publique | Photo by Karimagicien | Wikimedia-commons<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n<p>The Latin phrase <em>Fluctuat nec mergitur <\/em>meaning: <em>It is tossed by the waves but does not sink<\/em>, is the ancient motto placed on the city coat of arms of Paris. A shield you may see on municipal buildings, monuments, bridges etc. One day after 11\/13 a graffiti collective revived the Parisian motto by their tag of 2,4 tall by 12 meter wide at Place de la R\u00e9publique in the 10<sup>th<\/sup> arrondissement.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile the motto pops up thoughout the city, as a sign of resilience.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Latin phrase FLUCTUAT NEC MERGITUR meaning: IT IS TOSSED BY THE WAVES, BUT DOES NOT SINK, is the ancient motto placed on the city coat of arms of Paris. <a href=\"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/straten-pleinen\/paris-still-alive-and-kicking-fluctuat-nec-mergitur\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2665,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[31,29,17],"tags":[54,34],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2624"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2667,"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2624\/revisions\/2667"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2665"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2624"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2624"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/parisimpressions.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2624"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}