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The stone figure of Amsterdam is above the second plinth from the left outside Gare du Nord.
The statue of Amsterdam by Charles Gumery (1865) is one of the eight larger figures 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
Vienna
Amsterdam wears a crown and a long gown slung over her right shoulder. In the bend of her right arm she carries some flowers, tulips. With her left hand she leans on a large shield.
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In a corner of the Jardin des Tuileries you see a fallen tree with some strong roots.
Most people seeing this sculpture of a large tree baring its roots have to look twice before realising that it is in fact a bronze statue. Maybe that is why the artist called his piece L'arbre des Voyelles (1999) - The Tree of Vowels. Oh - it is a statue...
Guiseppe Penone called on the talents of landscape architect Pascal Cribier to blend in his art in a natural setting, which worked perfectly. The sculpture is hiding in plein sight.
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Jean-François Legendre-Héral created the statue of Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu in 1842. It can be found on top of the stairs outside the Botany building in Jardin des Plantes.
Antoine-Laurent de Jussieu (1748 - 1836) was a plant taxonomist. Following the method of Michel Adanson, but keeping the binomial nomenclature of Linnaeus, he classified a vast number of plants. Most plants today are still grouped in the classes and families identified by him.
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Statue of man in coat next to the statue of 'The Thinker' in the metro station Varenne.
Auguste Rodin created the statue of Balzac from 1891 - 1898. It is said then when he presented his statue and it wasn't received favourably, he insisted in keeping his work.
The statues are made out of fibreglass, the original is at the musée Rodin, for which Varenne is the metro station.
