On Monday, during a special ceremony, the smaller sibling was lifted and loaded into a special container at the National Museum of Arts and Crafts CNAM in central Paris, where it has been installed since in the museum's garden. It will be erected on Ellis Island, just across the water from the original, from July 1 to July 5. The statue, over kilograms pounds in weight and just shy of 10 feet tall, was first made in It is an exact replica of the original plaster model preserved by CNAM.
We have to conserve and defend our friendship. The 9-foot, bronze statue will be displayed on Ellis Island on Independence Day. The replica bears the same neoclassic design as its "big sister" in New York, who represents the Roman goddess Libertas and measures feet tall atop the giant pedestal. She is imbued with symbolism: the crown with seven spikes, representing sun rays extending out to the world; a tablet inscribed with America's date of independence in Roman numerals; and broken chains and shackles lying at its left foot, signifying the abolition of slavery in the United States.
In fact, there are many, many more. You can find replicas of the Statue of Liberty all around France including a metre high version in Colmar, a terracotta replica in Lyon, and one in Bordeaux that was seized by Nazis in World War Two and replaced many years later. Happy 4th of July! Thanks for the information.
I always love listening to the Earful Tower! I knew there were 4…. Binge listening before I leave for Europe. Only 3 days in Paris mainly visiting a friend this time. 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!
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 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 stay in Washinton DC, where it will stay for ten years as a symbol of Franco-American friendship.
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