The rules for this meme are: Please join this weekly meme. Grab a copy of the photo above and link back to An Accidental Blog. Share with the rest of us your passion for France. Did you read a good book set in France? See a movie? Take a photo in France? Have an adventure? Eat a fabulous meal or even just a pastry? Or if you're in France now, go ahead and lord it over the rest of us. We can take it.
Maybe we can all satisfy our yearnings for France, until we get there again.
In last week's post on the Luxembourg Gardens Louise mentioned that she had yet to find the Statue of Liberty hidden in the back corner so I thought I would post my photo this week.
The first (original) statue stands in the Jardin du Luxembourg (48°50′46.9746″N 2°19′59.361″E): an information panel on the pedestal claims that it 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 and it was placed in the park in 1906. 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.
Hi There - Thank you so much for stopping by and saying hello. Loved looking through your photos and am very jealous of your travels, but happy you are able to do all these wonderful things.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know the original was in the Luxembourg Gardens. Thought it was just the one along the Seine. Thanks for another great find and thanks for playing along with Dreaming of France.
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