Paris - Place de la République
Arts-et-Métiers/Enfants-Rouges/Porte-Saint-Martin/Folie-Méricourt) | Place de la République
At the center of the Place de la République is a bronze statue of Marianne, the personification of the French Republican, "holding aloft an olive branch in her right hand and resting her left on a tablet engraved with Droits de l'homme".
Arch. & sculptors: Léopold Morice and Charles Morice
1883.
After terrorist attacks against France in November 2015, the monument became a symbol of peace and against the threat of Islamic extremism.
Paris - Place de la République
Arts-et-Métiers/Enfants-Rouges/Porte-Saint-Martin/Folie-Méricourt) | Place de la République
At the center of the Place de la République is a bronze statue of Marianne, the personification of the French Republican, "holding aloft an olive branch in her right hand and resting her left on a tablet engraved with Droits de l'homme".
Arch. & sculptors: Léopold Morice and Charles Morice
1883.
After terrorist attacks against France in November 2015, the monument became a symbol of peace and against the threat of Islamic extremism.