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Replica of the statue in Paris near Seine |

Hundreds of smaller replicas of the Statue of Liberty have
been created worldwide. There are two statues in Paris, France. One, in the
Jardin du Luxembourg, is a bronze model used by Bartholdi as part of the
preparatory work for the New York statue. The artist offered it to the
Luxembourg museum in 1900. The date written on this statue’s tablet (where the
New York statue has “JULY IV MDCCLXXVI”) is “15 de novembre 1889″ (November 15, 1889),
the date at which the New York statue was inaugurated.
This second Statue of Liberty in Paris is on a
man-made island in the river 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).
The full size
gold-leaf-covered replica of the new flame at the upper end of the torch
carried in the hand of the Statue of Liberty is located near the intersection of l'Avenue de New-York
(New York Avenue) and the Place de l'Alma near one of the numerous bridges
across Sienna in Paris. It was offered
to the city of Paris in 1989 by the International Herald Tribune on behalf of donors who had contributed
approximately $400,000 for its fabrication. The flame became an unofficial
memorial for Diana, Princess of Wales after her 1997 death in the tunnel
beneath the Pont de l'Alma.


There are replicas of the statue in Germany, Norway, Spain, United
Kingdom ,Argentina ,Brazil, China, Israel, Japan.
You can find a lot of
small replicas of the statue standing near the souvenir shops in New York. Walking along the Broadway near the Times
Square I saw three Lady Liberties characters
less than a block apart.
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Replica of Lady Liberty in Brooklyn |
The oldest New York replica, 55 feet tall, dates back to the very beginning of the 20th century. A French architect William H. Flatteau built the building, Liberty Warehouse, at 43 West 64th in 1891. The architect wanted a replica of the statue to adorn the new building. The statue was cast in Ohio in about 1900 and shipped into NYC on a flatbed car after being sliced in half.

When erected the statue had a spiral staircase that allowed visitors to climb up to the top to get a view.
In 2002 Liberty Warehouse was converted into luxury condos and four floors were added to the 8-story
building. The statue was relocated to Brooklyn and was placed on the parking
lot at the back of Brooklyn Museum of Art. I
found it while walking in the Brooklyn
Botanic Garden garden.
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