Belfort: La Porte de Brisach

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Gates were built in 1687 on which we see the emblem of Louis XIV and his motto "nec pluribus impar". This phrase refers to a grand tournament, hosted by Louis at the very beginning of his reign, in the Tuileries. The young king then chose its emblem Solntse.Traditsionny translation motto reads "not equal and a lot of sun", from which it concluded that "above all else." Such an interpretation is given, and the French "Larousse Small," and in our "Dictionary of Latin winged words." However, a major French historian F. Bluche offers a different interpretation. In Latin, two negatives equal to one utverdeniyu. The motto has two negatives: the particle "nec" and the prefix "im-" in the word "impar". After their mutual reduction is obtained "pluribus par", that is, "and for many equal", not "much the same" (The sun is one, it is nothing to compare "), and" for many peer "- that is equally beneficent, are equally valid.