Statue de la Liberté
Statue de la Liberté stands in Nice, France, as a wheelchair-accessible public artwork on the French Riviera. This small landmark rises 1.35 metres and reproduces New York’s famous Lady Liberty. Its raised torch and tablet preserve the instantly recognisable features of the larger original.
France gave the original statue to the United States in the nineteenth century, celebrating freedom and friendship. This replica keeps that connection visible while joining several similar statues placed across France. Weather-resistant materials help it withstand Nice’s seaside climate, where passers-by often stop for photographs.
Look closely at the robe’s folds and torch, shaped after Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi’s original design. Though modest in scale, the sculpture brings a transatlantic story into an everyday city setting.
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The myTuur app is free, and once you are standing at a spot its story starts by itself.
Spots like this one are the stops myTuur strings into tours through Nice. In the app, each story begins where you stand: walk up to a spot and it starts, read it on screen or listen as you go, then follow the route to the next one.
What is myTuur?
myTuur is a free city-guide app. Its tours are built from spots, and each spot carries a story that starts when you get there, to read or to listen to as you like.