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The lion sits down with his tail relaxed at his right side. He suppresses an arrow with his paws on place Denfert-Rochereau in the 15th arrondissement.

The dark bronze statue of the Belfort lion by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi (1880) is a smaller copy of the red sandstone lion at Belfort. The original is an amazing 22m by 11m and was dedicated to the people of the town of Belfort who were under a 103 day siege during the Prussian War (December 1870 - February 1871). Under Colonel Denfert-Rochereau, an army of ~3500 and ~14000 civilians held out against 40000 Prussians.

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This bronze statue of a lion and his prey by Auguste Cain (1870) is placed in Jardin du Luxembourg.

The turquoise tinted lion stands proudly over his prey - an ostrich.

It was the fashion at that period for sculptures to depict animals in a situation perceived to be their natural way of living.

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The stone figure of London is above the second plinth from the right outside Gare du Nord.

The figure of London by Jean-Louis-Nicolas Jaley (1865) is one of the eight larger statues on the cornice line of Gare du Nord, representing international destinations reached from Paris by this railway (at that time) as well as Paris.

They are from left to right:
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Brussels
Paris
Berlin
Cologne
London
Vienne

London wears a long gown gathered on the right shoulder and a crown. She leans on a large shield with her right hand. Her left wrist touches her left hip. In the hand she holds a downward facing medical symbol with two serpents.