I found me a picture in my cd rom vault not in my blog yet, and also, had another in another post; therefore, put them together to do this post for you and me, This is a wonderful memorable and historical monument not to mention the great architectural effort and of course in my eternal Paris, Therefore, let me tell you about the statue of Liberty in Paris !!! Hope you enjoy the post as I.
I have seen elsewhere, and have posts on it but this is a special place, I follow the French traditions and took my boys here when younger and play the boats in the lake and many walks, one sight took me well, it is the copy of the statue of Liberty, One of the grand site of my eternal Paris. I even stop by bus 82 to take glimpses of it. It is a sublime garden park, that is the Jardin du Luxembourg,
The story goes that for the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi created a smaller version of the Statue of Liberty. A much smaller version at 2, 85 meters, the bronze reduction installed in the Palais du Luxembourg (senate of France), then in the Jardin du Luxembourg in 1906, was moved into the nave of the Musée d’Orsay in 2012. A copy was placed in its place shortly thereafter.
In that year of 1900, the sculptor expressed the desire that the State buy it for the Musée du Luxembourg (the museum of modern art at the time). Bartholdi finally agreed to sell it in exchange for the simple reimbursement of the price of the casting. The proposal was accepted, without the museum finding a place for it in the already very crowded rooms. Before his death, Bartholdi also created some bronze casts of his famous statue. He gifted one to the Musée du Luxembourg in 1900 which, several years later, was moved to the western edge of the Jardin du Luxembourg. The one you see here today, however, is a replica. Amid conservation concerns, and after the 2011 robbery of its torch, the 1900 statue of Liberty was moved to the Musée d’Orsay ,where it is now polished and like new, and once again with her torch, which was recast from the original plaster. You’ll find it in pride of place on the main floor, her arm drawing the eye up towards the museum’s dramatic iron-and-glass barrel-vaulted ceiling.
Another one is at the Musée des Arts & Métiers (see post) museum devoted to technological innovation. Just nearby is the original 1878 plaster model of the Statue of Liberty, measuring in at 2.86 metres (9.4ft), it was donated to the museum by Bartholdi’s widow in 1907. Until recently a second statue of Liberty stood at the museum’s entrance, a bronze cast of the original plaster, dating from 2010. It’s currently making an extended guest appearance at the French ambassador’s residence in Washington DC, where she’ll remain until 2031.
Continue westwards along the Seine and you’ll eventually come to what is probably Paris’s most photographed Statue of Liberty, at the tip of the Île aux Cygnes,(see post) a narrow tree-lined walkway of an island that you can access from Pont de Bir-Hakeim. Lady Liberty is at the other end, just beyond Pont de Grenelle, although if you want the most dramatic photo, with the Eiffel Tower in the background, you’ll need to ascend to that bridge, and walk a little further downstream to Pont Mirabeau. This Lady Liberty was, in 1889, a gift to France from Americans citizens living in Paris, to commemorate the centenary of the French revolution. Another fun fact: she used to prop right next to the Pont de Grenelle, oriented toward the Eiffel Tower, partly because politicians did not think it appropriate she turn her back on the city. But when the bridge was rebuilt in 1966, and Îles aux Cygnes extended, she was given her new outlook, now facing west, toward her big sister in New York, as per Bartholdi’s original wishes.
Walk back toward the center of Paris, on the northern bank of the Seine, and as you approach the Pont d’Alma you’ll a life-size version of the tip of Liberty’s torch, its flame ablaze in gold leaf. This was also a gift in return; the International Herald Tribune,(now part of NYT) on behalf of donors, gave Paris La Flamme de la Liberté (see post) in 1987, to mark the centenary of the dedication of the Statue of Liberty in New York. The Flame of Liberty has also become an unofficial shrine to Princess Diana, who tragically died in a car crash in the tunnel below.
The city of Paris on the Luxembourg garden: https://www.paris.fr/equipements/jardin-du-luxembourg-1793
The Paris tourist office on the Luxembourg garden: https://parisjetaime.com/eng/culture/jardin-du-luxembourg-p1063
There you go folks, always a happening place, full of Parisians and visiting families fun for all and a must to visit while in Paris. The jardin du Luxembourg are sublime. Again, hope you enjoy this post on the Statue of Liberty in Paris as I.
And remember, happy travels, good health, and many cheers to all !!!
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