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Re:The city I write this in protected its name, so I am not ... by ekianjo on Sunday January 21, 2018 @10:05AM (#16198288)
> Statue of Liberty

There is also a smaller version of the one found in New York in Paris - not sure why they decided to have an additional token there, and whether it was during Eiffel's time or much later.

Re:The city I write this in protected its name, so I am not ... by lloeki on Sunday January 21, 2018 @03:04PM (#16199697)
There are much more, and entirely official ones to boot:

The first try was 3m high, was followed by a 12m one in plaster kept at musée des Arts et Métiers, and later used for a 12 unit run of bronze casts, one of which stands outside the same museum.

Then there's one currently standing in musée d'Orsay since 2012, moved from jardin du Luxembourg. This was the first bronze cast made from the plaster one, unrelated to the 12 run.

Finally there's one which was gifted by a US association to France in honor of the 100th anniversary of the French Revolution, erected at Ile des Cygnes. It was due to stand facing the NY one but was made facing east so that it would not turn its back to president Carnot on it's inauguration in 1889.

Another 12m one has been erected in 2004 in Colmar, the town where Bartholdi was born to honor then hundredth anniversary of his death, but it's not made of bronze.

http://www.colmar.fr/statue-liberte-colmar#main-content

Re:The city I write this in protected its name, so I am not ... by wlesieutre on Sunday January 21, 2018 @04:17PM (#16200090)
Harrisburg PA has an unofficial one as well, though only 25 ft high. Originally put up as a prank on an old bridge piling, then replaced it with the current (metal and slightly larger) version when the plywood one blew off.

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/mini-statue-of-liberty-h...

Re:The city I write this in protected its name, so I am not ... by qbrass on Sunday January 21, 2018 @10:54AM (#16198485)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%8Ele_aux_Cygnes

"A notable feature is a quarter-scale replica of Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty, 22 metres tall and facing west in the direction of its larger sibling in New York City. Inaugurated by President Marie François Sadi Carnot on 4 July 1889, nearly three years after its US counterpart, it was donated to the city by the Parisian expatriots in the United States and Canada to mark the centennial of the French Revolution."

Re:The city I write this in protected its name, so I am not ... by atmanthedog on Sunday January 21, 2018 @11:51AM (#16198710)
Not that this really adds to the depth of the conversation, but I thought it was interesting, and so will share, that this Marie Francois Sadi Carnot is the nephew of the Carnot that HN readers might recognize for discovering maximally efficient engine cycles.