Replicas of the Statue of Liberty

Hundreds of smaller replicas of the Statue of Liberty have been created worldwide.

France

Paris

Musée d'Orsay

The Exposition Universelle model in its previous location in the Jardin du Luxembourg, Paris

On the occasion of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Bartholdi crafted a smaller version of the Statue of Liberty, which he subsequently gave to the Musée du Luxembourg. In 1905, the statue was placed outside the museum in the Jardin du Luxembourg, where it stood for over a century, until 2012. It currently stands at the entrance to the Musée d'Orsay; a newly constructed bronze replica stands in its place in the Jardin du Luxembourg.[1] The date written on this statue's tablet (where the New York statue has "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI") is "15 novembre 1889" (November 15, 1889), the date at which the larger Parisian replica was inaugurated.

Pont de Grenelle

Statue of Liberty on the Île aux Cygnes, River Seine in Paris. Given to the city in 1889, it faces southwest, downriver along the Seine.
Replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar.

A second Statue of Liberty in Paris is near the Grenelle Bridge on the Île aux Cygnes, a man-made island in the Seine (48°51′0″N 2°16′47″E / 48.85000°N 2.27972°E), 11.50 metres (37 feet 9 inches) high. Inaugurated on July 4, 1889, it looks southwest, downriver along the Seine. Its tablet bears two dates: "IV JUILLET 1776" (July 4, 1776: the United States Declaration of Independence) like the New York statue, and "XIV JUILLET 1789" (July 14, 1789: the storming of the Bastille). This statue is shown in the movie National Treasure: Book of Secrets as one of the historic locations.

Musée des Arts et Métiers

The original plaster, the first maquette (286 cm) finished in 1878 by Auguste Bartholdi, that was used to make the statue in New York is in the Musée des Arts et Métiers in Paris.[2][3] This original plaster was bequeathed by the artist's widow in 1907,[4] together with part of the artist's estate.

On the square outside the Musée des Arts et Métiers’s entrance is a bronze made from this plaster (same size), number 1 from an original edition of 12, made by the museum and cast by Susse Fondeur Paris.

Flame of Liberty

A life-size copy of the torch, Flame of Liberty, can be seen above the entrance to the Pont de l'Alma tunnel near the Champs-Élysées in Paris. It was given to the city as a return gift in honor of the centennial celebration of the statue's dedication. Since it is above the Pont de l'Alma car tunnel in which Princess Diana died, the torch became an unofficial memorial to the princess.[5]

Barentin

There is a replica in the northwest of France, in the small town of Barentin near Rouen. It was made for a French movie, Le Cerveau ("the brain"), directed by Gérard Oury and featuring actors Jean-Paul Belmondo and Bourvil.[6]

Bordeaux

Another replica is the Bordeaux Statue of Liberty. This 2.5 m (8.2 ft) statue is in the city of Bordeaux. The first Bordeaux statue was seized and melted down by the Nazis in World War II. The statue was replaced in 2000 and a plaque was added to commemorate the victims of the September 11 terrorist attacks. On the night of March 25, 2003, unknown vandals poured red paint and gasoline on the replica and set it on fire. The vandals also cracked the pedestal of the plaque. The mayor of Bordeaux, former prime minister Alain Juppé, condemned the attack.

Colmar

A 12 m (39 ft 4 in) replica of the Statue of Liberty in Colmar, the city of Bartholdi's birth, was dedicated on July 4, 2004, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his death. It stands at the north entrance of the city.[7] The Bartholdi Museum in Colmar contains numerous models of various sizes made by Bartholdi during the process of designing the statue.[8]

Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer

Frédéric Bartholdi donated a copy of the Statue of Liberty to the town square of Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer.

Other French cities

Other "liberty enlightening the world" statues are displayed in Poitiers and Lunel. The Musée des beaux-arts de Lyon owns a terracotta version.

Another example is of a "liberty enlightening the world" replica in Châteauneuf-la-Forêt, near the city of Limoges in the area of Haute-Vienne, Limousin. There is another "original" Bartholdi replica at Roybon (near Grenoble)

Other European countries

Austria

In Minimundus, a miniature park located at the Wörthersee in Carinthia, Austria, is another replica of the Statue of Liberty.[9]

In Graz, standing between the Opera House and the NextLiberty Theater, stands a steel structure built out of steel beams, that depict the original size of the statue of liberty, before the plates of the final form were being put into place. Instead of torch of flame, this depiction is holding a sword in extended left arm and a sphere in the right arm representing the world.

Germany

A 35 m (115 ft) copy is in the German Heidepark Soltau theme park, located on a lake with cruising Mississippi steamboats. It weighs 28 metric tons (31 short tons), is made of plastic foam on a steel frame with polyester cladding, and was designed by the Dutch artist Gerla Spee.[10]

Kosovo

A replica stands atop the Hotel Victory in Pristina, Kosovo.[11]

Norway

Replica of the Statue of Liberty in Leicester, England.

A smaller replica is in the Norwegian village of Visnes, where the copper used in the original statue was mined.[12] A replica is also on the facade of a pub in Bleik, county of Nordland[13][14]

Spain

Ukraine

There is one unique "sitting" Statue of Liberty in Ukrainian city of Lviv. It is a sculpture on a dome of the house (15, Freedom Avenue) built by architect Yuriy Zakharevych and decorated by sculptor Leandro Marconi in 1874-1891.

United Kingdom

A 17-foot, 9,000 kg (9.2 tons) replica stood atop the Liberty Shoe factory in Leicester, England, until 2002 when the building was demolished. The statue was put into storage while the building was replaced. The statue, which dates back to the 1920s, was initially going to be put back on the replacement building, but was too heavy, so in December 2008 following restoration, it was placed on a pedestal near Liberty Park Halls of Residence on a traffic island close to where it stood originally.[15][16]

A 10-foot-high (3.0 m) replica is in the stairwell of a bowling alley building in Warrington, England. It used to be above the entrance of a restaurant nearby.

There is also a small replica located at RAF Lakenheath, England, at the base flag plaza, made from leftover copper from the original.[17]

Ireland

A green painted replica of the Statue of Liberty can be found near Mulnamina More, County Donegal, Ireland.[18]

North America

Mexico

In Campeche, Mexico, there is a small replica in the small town of Palizada.

United States

South America

Argentina

In Buenos Aires there is a small iron replica in Barrancas De Belgrano Square, cast by Bartholdi from the same mould as those cast in Paris, that was acquired by the city in the 1910s.

Brazil

A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Maceió, Alagoas, Brazil.
New York City Center in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

In Bangu, Rio de Janeiro exists a nickel replica made by Bartholdi in 1899. Bartholdi was commissioned by José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco to make a replica in order to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the Republic of Brazil. Until 1940, the statue was Paranhos family property. In 1940 the statue was passed to Guanabara State. In January 20, 1964 Carlos Lacerda, governor of Guanabara State, placed the statue in Miami Square, Bangu.[55] 22°51′24″S 43°29′33″W / 22.856681°S 43.492577°W

A small-scale cast metal replica can be found in Maceió, the capital of Alagoas State, in northeast Brazil. The replica is in front of a building constructed in 1869 as the seat of the Conselho Provincial (Provincial Council), and which today is the Museu da Imagem e do Som de Alagoas (Museum of Image and Sound of Alagoas). This replica is very possibly a casting produced by the Fundição Val d'Osne[56] in France, as in the Praça Lavenere Machado (formerly Praça Dois Leões) on the opposite side of the museum, there are four somewhat larger-than-life size cast metal statues of wild animals, at least one of which is embossed with the name of the foundry. These castings and the replica all appear to be made of similar material and to be of similar age. It is also very probable that they are near contemporaries of the actual Statue of Liberty. 9°40′22″S 35°43′20″W / 9.6728563°S 35.7223114°W

A large modern replica stands in front of the New York City Center, a shopping center constructed in 1999 in Barra da Tijuca in the State of Rio de Janeiro. 22°59′57″S 43°21′38″W / 22.9992837°S 43.360481°W

The Havan department store chain has replicas in many of their stores. The largest one of these, 57 meters tall,[57] is allegedly in the Barra Velha branc, in the state of Santa Catarina.26°38′09″S 48°41′55″W / 26.635870°S 48.698708°W There is another large replica the parking area of a Havan Department Store on the outskirts of Curitiba, in the State of Paraná, opened in 2000. 25°27′50″S 49°15′08″W / 25.4639912°S 49.2521676°W

Also, there is a small replica of the statue in Belém, in front of a Belém Importados store, near the city's port.

Ecuador

In Guayaquil, a little replica gives the name of "New York" to a neighborhood in the Valle Alto area.

Peru

In Lima the New York Casino in the Jesús María District has a small replica in the main entrance. The casino is a tribute to the state of New York and the USA.

Asia

India

A small replica can be found in Vardhaman Fantasy, an amusement park in Mumbai along with other 6 wonders of the world.

Malaysia

A large replica can be found in Genting Highlands in the state of Pahang.

Singapore

A small replica can be found in Haw Par Villa, a theme park.

China

Guangzhou Set on top of the memorial tomb of "72 Martyrs of Huanghuagang" (see Huanghuagang Uprising). The current one was re-built in 1981.

Beijing During the Tiananmen Square protest of 1989, Chinese student demonstrators in Beijing built a 10 m (33 ft) image called the Goddess of Democracy, which sculptor Tsao Tsing-yuan said was intentionally "dissimilar" to the Statue of Liberty to avoid being "too openly pro-American." (See article for a list of replicas of that statue.)

Shenzhen A replica can be found in Window of the World Park.

Israel

Statue of Liberty replica in the village of Arraba, Israel

A 15 foot high replica of the Statue of Liberty is at the western entrance of the village of Arraba in Israel, near a local restaurant.

At a highway intersection in Jerusalem called "New York Square," there is an abstract skeletal replica of the statue.

Japan

The French Statue of Liberty came to Odaiba, the beach area of Tokyo, from April 1998 to May 1999 in commemoration of "The French year in Japan". Because of its popularity, in 2000 a replica of the French Statue of Liberty was erected at the same place (Photo). Also in Japan, a small Statue of Liberty is in the Amerika-mura (American Village) shopping district in Osaka, Japan. Another replica is near the town of Shimoda south of Misawa, where the United States has an 8,000-person U.S. Air Force base. A replica of the Statue of Liberty in Ishinomaki, Miyagi prefecture, was damaged by the March 11, 2011, tsunami.

Pakistan

There is a replica of Statue of Liberty in Bahria Town Lahore Also in Bahria Town Phase 8 Islamabad

Philippines

Camp John Hay, a former US military station in Baguio City, has a small replica of the statue near the amphitheater.

Taiwan

There are at least two Statue of Liberty replicas (greater than 30 feet in height) in Taiwan. These two statues are in the cities of Keelung and Taipei.[58]

Vietnam

From 1887 to 1945, Hanoi was home to another copy of the statue. Measuring 2.85 m (9 ft 4 in) tall, it was erected by the French colonial government after being sent from France for an exhibition. It was known to locals unaware of its history as Tượng Bà đầm xòe (Statue of the madame saux). When the French lost control of French Indochina during World War II, the statue was toppled on August 1, 1945, after being deemed a vestige of the colonial government along with other statues erected by the French.[59]

Australia

A 30-foot replica can also be seen at the Westfield Marion shopping complex in Adelaide, South Australia.

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