Colonne de Juillet
(July Column)
Seen from the street below, the gilded "spirit of freedom"
appears ready to take flight into the blue sky
This towering Corinthian-styled column is topped with
Auguste Dumont's "Génie de la Liberté"
built between 1835 and 1840 to commemorate
the 1830 revolution
Colonne de Juillet
Place de la Bastille
75004, Paris
