Lion de Belfort

  statue or sculpture of Frederic Bartholdi who designed the Statue of Liberty that lies off the coast of Americaa New York City, it is located in the city of Belfort in eastern France near the slot between the Vosges Mountains and the Jura.It was completed in 1880 and fully made of red sandstone, has been making its parts individually and then re-assembled under the old castle town, with a length of 22 meters and a height of 11 meters. And based on his back to the Rock of the city.Captures the lion's courage and bravery Balfour and her family during the attack, which lasted 103 days by Prussia (from December 1870 to February 1871), where the protection of the city population (17,000 people all of whom 3,500 were military) led Dunfar Roshroo Colonel who was urging the steadfastness of nearly 40,000 Prussian troops Ghazi.There peer bronze miniature of the lion in "Dunfar Roshroo Square" in Paris, where it seems like watching the Parisian traffic, as well as another version at the Botanical Garden in Montreal, Canada.


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