Wednesday, October 13, 2010

Liberty!


The nice weather continued today and since I had a meeting near the Eiffel Tower and that I was early I spent some time on the Île des Cygnes (Isle of the Swans), a small artificial island on the Seine at the end of which you can find the Statue of Liberty - well the French one, which was inaugurated by French President Carnot on July 4th 1889 (see what the New York Times wrote about the event on July 5th!). As you probably all know, the statue of Liberty that you can see in New York was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and has been given to the Americans by the French in 1885.

20 comments:

  1. The Statue of Liberty is almost as special to me as the Eiffel Tower. That's why I really enjoyed discovering your post today. And as a coincidence, I recently looked for the true Statue of Liberty sizes. Actually, from the feet to the torch it is about the same height as our "Arc de Triomphe" (about 50 meters, 160 ft). But it is twiced the Arch size if you also include the pedestal on which the Statue stands.

    Lovely photo Eric and nice details inside your caption - the fact you were a bit early and took the opportunity to walk a little around, I like well the image, like a feeling of liberty maybe :-)

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  2. Lovely photo, especially the color of the sky! I had to go to Wikipedia to look up Ile des cignes. What a wonderful title. If I ever get back to Paris I will visit it. Wiki said there are two other Statues of Liberty in Paris. I think you have shown us at least one of them.

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  3. Hey, this looks familiar! I posted a picture of "our" version recently—and noted that I love her almost as much as I love the ET (like Flore)! I do appreciate that there are two of them. Thanks, Eric—this is a fabulous shot.

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  4. Eric, so glad that you had some extra time to capture this silhouette of Lady Liberty. Merci, M. Bartholdi and merci to the French for the "monumental" gift!

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  5. The colors in the sky behind the statue are beautiful. Yours is a picture postcard shot. I had forgotten that you all had the statue there. It has been so interesting reading what you and the other visitors wrote. Genie in VA.

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  6. I've only seen if from the Batoux Mouches. I didn't know one could go out to see it. That would be a fun thing to do.

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  7. I'm so happy I found your site. Love looking at all your photos, and reading your entries.

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  8. Eric, thank you for the beautiful photo. It was a thrill for me to see this when I was in France (lo, those too many years ago!). The Statue of Liberty in the U.S. is a tremendously meaningful and cherished symbol ... Thank you, France, for that wonderful gift.

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  9. Yes, thank you, France, for the beautiful statue. And thank you, Eric, for the beautiful photo.

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  10. The silhouette is gorgeous! I love that Paris and the United States both have one of these beauties.

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  11. I thought you were showing us the one on the Place de la Republique... :)
    Brilliant, glorious take; and thank you for the article - I for one didn't know that but then I am neither French nor American, so I might be forgiven!

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  12. Beautiful shot Eric!

    I'm driving by this Statue of Liberty everyday (when not travelling!), on my way to/from work. And everyday, I say to myself that I should stop and take a photo...

    Today, you did it for me ;-)) Thanks!!!

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  13. How beautiful! The sky is just lovely. And the statue is not too bad either. I have not seen the one in New York in person yet (another someday plan), but this one is really cool. And it was featured in the National Treasure movie series, which I really loved watching. Merci!

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  14. What lovely golden light. Sigh. . .
    Hey, you mean to tell us you weren't the first friendly Parisian? ;^)

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  15. I had a very nice time visiting the Statue of liberty. It is a must see for every visitor in America, because it is one of the best attraction in the world.

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  16. Chouette photo ! On pourrait se demander d'où ça vient ;)

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