Only in Paris by Duncan J.D. Smith

27 3 rd Arrondissement at one end of the Île aux Cyg- nes (15 th /16 th ), a narrow arti- ficial island in the Seine, this quarter-size reproduction was given by the French commu- nity of the United States to mark the centenary in 1889 of the French Revolution. The statue’s tablet contains the start dates of both the Ameri- can and French Revolutions. Although the statue origi- nally faced Paris it was turned around in 1937 to face New York. A final location connected with the statue is a replica of its burning torch in the Place de l’Alma (8 th /16 th ). It was given by the International Herald Tribune in 1989 in gratitude for French work- ers having recently restored the statue. The torch subse- quently became a shrine to Diana, Princess of Wales, who died in the tunnel beneath it in 1997. Prior to the accident she visited the former home of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor at 4 Rue du Champ d’Entraînement (16 th ), and ate her last meal at the Paris Ritz. The treaty ending the American War of Independence was signed on 3 rd September 1783 at 56 Rue Jacob (6 th ). One of the signatories was Benjamin Franklin, the Ameri- can envoy to France during the Peace of Versailles. He also installed the country’s first lightning conductor at his home at 66 Rue Raynouard (16 th ), where there is a memorial. Other places of interest nearby: 7, 9, 10, 12 A scale model of the Statue of Liberty outside the Musée des Arts et Métiers