How many stachus of liberty are there

Main focus of the trip is a home exchange in Brittany. Great podcast! Hi Oliver! We stayed in a hotel near the Jardin last summer on the 4th of July so saw that one and 2 others in Paris and then one in Nice on Promenade des Anglais. Love the show! I have enjoyed reading this awesome post about the incredible Paris Statues of Liberty! Thanks for sharing this info not known to the general visitor! Now I have an urgent need to visit Paris and see all the sister ladies to our beautiful Statue of Liberty.

Thank you for the great history lesson. Would be a 9th. Only one remained in Paris at the west pool in the Luxembourg Gardens cast in I wondered if that lost bronze is one of these other? This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed. The new statue, being loaned by a Paris museum to cement Franco-American friendship, will be a scaled-down replica of the original and will first be displayed on Ellis Island, later moving on to Washinton DC, where it will stay for ten years, reported news agency Reuters earlier last week.

France will send the U. The 'second' Statue of Liberty, as it is being called, is currently on its way from Paris to New York City, retracing the steps of its "big sister", a colossal neoclassical sculpture that now stands guard on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within the New York City.

The new replica of the Statue of Liberty measures 2. It was gently lifted off its plinth on the back of a crane by workers in Paris two weeks ago and situated on the back of a truck, covered with plastic film for protection and wedged in with foam blocks. It was then embarked upon a ship, its destination being the United States of America.

The larger version of the Statue of Liberty was given by France to the United States as a gift, and was completed and assembled in This South American monument commemorates an coup that led to Brazilian independence. Legend says that the copper used to create the statue in New York Harbor came from a mine near this village in Norway, and in the community unveiled a waterfront replica to honor the connection. Originally installed as a temporary display, it was so popular it became a permanent attraction.

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