Marianne (personification)

right|thumb|Bust of Marianne sculpted by Théodore Doriot, in the Senate (France)|French Senate Marianne () has been the national personification of the French Republic since the French Revolution, as an emblem of liberty, equality, fraternity and reason, as well as a portrayal of the Goddess of Liberty.

thumb|right|10 French centimes (1963) thumb|right|10 French centimes (1963) A centime (from ) is a fractional monetary unit. It equals one-hundredth of a franc in Switzerland, one-hundredth of a dinar in Algeria, and one-hundredth of a dirham in Morocco. It was formerly worth one-hundredth of a franc in other Francophone countries, such as Belgium and France, until the adoption of the euro.