Counterparts of the Statue of Freedom
The Statue of Freedom is one of the monuments of the town of New York, and with stronger reason of the the United States. Moreover, its universal character of Allégorie of the Liberté confers a notoriety on a worldwide scale to him. For this reason, very many counterparts of the monument, of more or less important size, were set up since its inauguration in 1886.
Here a nonexhaustive list, since all the reproductions are not known, of the various reproductions of Lady Liberty in France:
- With Paris, a counterpart of 11,50 m is placed at the downstream end of the Île of the Swans to the height of the Pont of Grenelle, near the place where the workshop was held of Bartholdi. One can read on his shelf “IV July 1776 = XIV July 1789”.
- Always in Paris, a counterpart exists within the Jardins of Luxembourg.
- a cast iron counterpart 2,50 m height is located on the Portalis Place of Saint-Cyr-on-Sea in the Var. It was gilded at the end of the 20th century.
- With Barentin, in the Seine-Maritime. This copy in Polyester of 13,5 m and a weight of: 3500 kg are celebrates it statue of the film the Brain of Gerard Oury in 1965. After having remained in the buildings of the Customs of Saint-Maurice, not having been cleared, it was to be destroyed. It is thanks to the action of Paul Belmondo (the father of Jean-Paul Belmondo), of the mayor of Barentin of the time, Mister André Marie, and of Gerard Oury that this statue was installed the August 21st 1969 on a place. It was moved the September 28th 1973 on the plate theRusset-red one, thus dominating the new urban expansion and it is since the April 2nd 1990 that it is in the middle of a roundabout.
- Another is place of Freedom with Poitiers; it was inaugurated the July 14th 1903, in the honor of the general Berton.
- has Colmar, the statute of Bartholdi appears the sculptor presenting a model (30 height cm) of his most known work.
- Another is located on the principal place of Roybon, in the Isere.
- a small counterpart was with Lunel, it was molten because of “the effort of war” during the Second world war but was replaced in the Années 1990.
- a counterpart is with Saint-Etienne since 1915.
- Cambrin in the Pas-de-Calais
- Châteauneuf-the-Forest in High-Vienna
- Angouleme in Charente
- Bordeaux in the Gironde
- Plaintel in the Coast-with Armor in 1996
- Soulac-on-Sea in the Gironde
- Gourin in the Morbihan
- Ploeren in the Morbihan, symbol of the Seagull company, world leader in the manufacture of Sand yacht
- Saint-Affrique in the Aveyron.
- most recent, high of approximately 12 meters, inaugurated in 2004, is located at the northern entry of Colmar, city where was born Bartholdi. It celebrates the centenary of its death.
Other countries:
- Tokyo with the Japan: retort on the edges of the Baie of Tokyo, in the quartie of Odaiba
- Las Vegas with the the United States: a counterpart is at the entry of the hotel New York - New York.
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