The rooster, an emblem of France

The rooster is one of the allegorical symbols and emblems of
France.

This rooster/France association is the result of a play on words: the Latin word "Gallus" means both "Gallic" and "rooster".

Although attempts were made to make it the symbol of
France in late medieval times, it wasn't until the
Renaissance that the rooster began to symbolize the king of France, and then
his kingdom.

In the 16th century, French tradition dictated that King Henri IV
instituted and democratized the poule au pot as a "national dish" , which
became, along with coq au vin, one of the emblems of French cuisine.

The rooster gained particular popularity during the French Revolution
and the July Monarchy, when it was introduced to
replace the dynastic lily.

One of the world's best-known roosters:
The Miraculous Rooster of Notre Dame

Some are even calling it a miracle: the bronze cockerel that stood at 90 meters atop Viollet-le-Duc's neo-Gothic spire was thought to have been lost forever in the fire, but has now resurfaced.

Found dented but intact despite the violence of the blaze and the height of the fall, it quickly became a symbol of hope at the heart of this spring's heritage drama.

Reputed to contain three precious relics, including a thorn from Christ's
crown - all of which, alas, have now disappeared - the cockerel was not dragged
into the collapse of the 19th-century spire.
It ended up being thrown far from the focus of the fire, flying away thanks, no doubt, to the furcula ... as if by a miracle.

To symbolize the passage from darkness to light, a rooster can be found on every church in France. In fact, the rooster is the first to crow at dawn, heralding the start of the new day.