Île aux Cygnes - Paris (France)
Île aux Cygnes | Pont de Grenelle 25/12/2024 19h03
A lot to see here. Photo taken from a boat of the Vedettes du Pont Neuf while turning back upstream to it's starting point around Île aux Cygnes. In the foreground the Statue of Liberty with (if you take a close look and click on the link to a close-up photo) the on 01/12/2024 re-activated PA_969. In the background the highrise area Beaugrenelle. And of course the bridge Pont de Grenelle connecting the 15ème with the 16ème arrondissement of Paris.
Statue de la Liberté
This statue was given in 1889 to France by U.S. citizens living in Paris, only three years after the main statue in New York was inaugurated, to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. Originally, the statue was turned towards the east in order to face the Eiffel Tower. In 1937 it was turned towards the west so that it would be facing the original statue in New York. It is one of three replicas in Paris.
The statue is near the Pont de Grenelle on the Île aux Cygnes, a man-made island in the Seine (48°51′0″N 2°16′47″E). It is a quarter-scale version (11.50 metres high), and was one of the working models used during construction of the actual Statue of Liberty. This model weighs 14 tons. It was inaugurated on 4 July 1889. Its tablet bears two dates: "IV JUILLET 1776" (4 July 1776: the United States Declaration of Independence) like the New York statue, and "XIV JUILLET 1789" (14 July 1789: the storming of the Bastille) associated with an equal sign. This statue is shown in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets as a historic location.
Île aux Cygnes - Paris (France)
Île aux Cygnes | Pont de Grenelle 25/12/2024 19h03
A lot to see here. Photo taken from a boat of the Vedettes du Pont Neuf while turning back upstream to it's starting point around Île aux Cygnes. In the foreground the Statue of Liberty with (if you take a close look and click on the link to a close-up photo) the on 01/12/2024 re-activated PA_969. In the background the highrise area Beaugrenelle. And of course the bridge Pont de Grenelle connecting the 15ème with the 16ème arrondissement of Paris.
Statue de la Liberté
This statue was given in 1889 to France by U.S. citizens living in Paris, only three years after the main statue in New York was inaugurated, to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution. Originally, the statue was turned towards the east in order to face the Eiffel Tower. In 1937 it was turned towards the west so that it would be facing the original statue in New York. It is one of three replicas in Paris.
The statue is near the Pont de Grenelle on the Île aux Cygnes, a man-made island in the Seine (48°51′0″N 2°16′47″E). It is a quarter-scale version (11.50 metres high), and was one of the working models used during construction of the actual Statue of Liberty. This model weighs 14 tons. It was inaugurated on 4 July 1889. Its tablet bears two dates: "IV JUILLET 1776" (4 July 1776: the United States Declaration of Independence) like the New York statue, and "XIV JUILLET 1789" (14 July 1789: the storming of the Bastille) associated with an equal sign. This statue is shown in the film National Treasure: Book of Secrets as a historic location.