The Flame of Liberty, or Flamme de la Liberté, stands on Place Diana near the northern end of the Pont de l'Alma in the 16th arrondissement of Paris. It is a full-sized replica of the torch flame of the Statue of Liberty, given as thanks for the statue's 1984 restoration work. The International Herald Tribune gave it on behalf of donors who contributed about 400,000 dollars. Jacques Chirac dedicated it on May 10, 1989.
The monument is about 11 feet (3.5 meters) tall. It is a gilded copper flame covered with gold leaf, set on a gray and black marble pedestal. The article credits Gutzon Borglum with the earlier 1916 torch design that the replica copies and does not name the replica's sculptor.
A plaque marks the newspaper's centennial, Paris 1887 to 1987. After Princess Diana died in 1997, the monument became an unofficial memorial to her, and the site was officially named Place Diana in 2019.
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