LE LIBERATEUR
SIMONE BOLIVAR

The statue made by Emmanuel Frémiet in 1930 depicts the general and liberator of many South American countries - Simón Bolívar (1783-1830) on horseback (Equestrian).
Bolívar spent around 1800 in Paris, where he studied languages, but mainly became acquainted with the revolutionary spirit of France in those years.
The statue was given as a gift to the city of Paris from Latin American countries and is a copy of the statue in Bogotá, Colombia.

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The following text appears on both sides of the base of the statue:
LES REPUBLIQUES BOLIVARIENNES DU VENEZUELA COLOMBIE EQUATEUR PEROU BOLIVIE ET PANAMA
A LA VILLE DE PARIS

[translation]
THE BOLIVARIAN REPUBLICS OF VENEZUELA COLOMBIA ECUADOR PERU BOLIVIA AND PANAMA
IN THE CITY OF PARIS
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NE A CARACAS LE 24 JUILLET 1783

IL LIBERA L’AMERIQUE COMME IL EN AVAIT FAIT LE SERMENT IL LA VOULUT INDEPENDANTE POUR QU’ELLE FUT LE GRAND FOYER DE L’HUMANITE ET LA GLOIRE DE LA RACE LATINE IL FUT UN CITOYEN DU MONDE, AMI DE LA CULTURE FRANÇAISE

[translation]
BORN IN CARACAS ON JULY 24, 1783

HE LIBERATED AMERICA AS HE HAD SWORN TO DO HE WANTED IT TO BE INDEPENDENT SO THAT IT WOULD BE THE GREAT HOME OF HUMANITY AND THE GLORY OF THE LATIN RACE HE WAS A CITIZEN OF THE WORLD, FRIEND OF FRENCH CULTURE

THE LIBERATOR
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR
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Translation of the text on the sign:
THE LIBERATOR
SIMÓN BOLÍVAR