Île aux Cygnes, France
View of the Ile aux Cygnes, a small artificial island in the Seine in Paris, France. (Wikimedia/Alessandro Prada) Ile aux Cygnes ("Isle of the Swans"),
A replica of the Statue of Liberty on the Ile aux Cygnes, a small artificial island, in Paris, with the Eiffel Tower in the background. (Thomas Coex/AFP/Getty Images)
View of the Ile aux Cygnes, a small artificial island in the Seine in Paris, France. (Wikimedia/Hadonos)
A narrow artificial island in the river Seine in Paris, France was formed in 1872 to protect the port of Grenelle. It is home to a tree-lined walkway, the "l'Allée des Cygnes" that runs the length of the island
Standing 72 feet high and facing west in the direction of its big sister in New York, the monument was gifted to France by the American community of Paris.
The statue initially faced east, toward the Eiffel Tower, but it was turned west in 1937 for the World Fair in Paris.
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