Paris Statue of Liberty, reduced four times a copy of the US, is a narrow artificial dam on the Seine near the Eiffel Tower - Swan Island. The statue is perfectly visible from the windows of cars traveling along the quays.

Sculpture - a return gift from the French in 1899 the United States. In 1886, the US took a gift from the people of France, the famous giant statue marks the entrance to New York Harbor. Written in both cases: the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi.

The original "American" statue are also designed as a gift from the people of France to the friendly American people to the 100 anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. France has established itself statue and brought it across the ocean, the US built for her a worthy pedestal. The work was done on voluntary donations from individuals in France held a lottery in the United States - exhibitions, auctions and boxing matches. By designing a powerful pedestal he was drawn by Gustave Eiffel, the future author of the Eiffel Tower.

Parts of the 46-meter statue was brought to the US by the French military frigate "Isere" and collected in four months. The gift for the anniversary of independence of the country was late for exactly ten years. But the sculpture has become a national symbol of the United States, instantly recognizable way.

In 1889, the United States made a return gift of France: Paris was brought to a small copy of the Statue of Liberty height 11, 5 meters. It's the Swan Island to put a face to the west, towards the older sister.

In addition to this copy, in Paris, there are three more smaller Statue of Liberty. One is exhibited in the Museum of Arts and Crafts - it can come quite close and considered in detail. The second was a long time in the Luxembourg Gardens, but after the restoration in 2012, moved to the Museum d'Orsay. The need for restoration was caused by the fact that the Vandals have stolen the torch, which Liberty holds in her right hand. Finally, on the bow of the barge "Nina", moored close to all of the same Eiffel Tower, is another small copy of the famous sculpture Bartholdi. Thus, in Paris - four Statue of Liberty, not counting the one that is visible on the front of the restaurant "American Bar" on the Boulevard des Capucines.

In addition, at the entrance to Pont de l'Alma is the Flame of Freedom - a gilded copy of the sculpture elements. The same flame placed in the courtyard of the US Embassy in France.