Lion de Belfort at La place Denfert Rochereau, Paris 14e, France (symbolic of French resistance during the Siege of Belfort)

---

The Lion of Belfort is a sculpture by Frédéric Bartholdi architect of the Statue of Liberty in New York located in Belfort France and duplicated in Paris and Montreal It was finished in 1880 The lion symbolizes the heroic resistance of Belfort during a 103 days long Prussian assault from December 1870 to February 1871 The city was protected from 40,000 Prussians by only 17,000 men with only 3,500 from the military lead by Colonel Denfert Rochereau.

---

Size: 5120px × 3413px
Location: Place Denfert Rochereau, 75014 Paris, France
Photo credit: © Glenn Harper / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
Model Released: No

Keywords: 14e, 14th, animal, animals, arrondissement, art, artwork, artworks, attraction, attractions, bartholdi, belfort, big, bronze, capital, cat, cats, cities, city, color, colour, de, europe, european, fr, france, franco-prussian, frederic, french, heritage, historic, historical, history, horizontal, horizontals, ile, image, images, landmark, landmarks, lion, lions, mammal, mammals, memorial, memorials, metal, metals, monument, monuments, paris, parisian, sculpture, sculptures, statue, statues, tourism, tourist, travel, war, western