Désiré Barodet in Cuisery (Saône-et-Loire (71))

In this building the teacher Désiré Barodet (1823-1906) created the first non-religious school in 1849, and Jules Ferry's laws were inspired by Barodet. He was a free thinker with progressive ideas and became the mayor of Lyon, député in 1873 and sénateur in 1896. He retired first to Cuisery and then the Jura, where he died.