Flame of Liberty Memorial

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  • Address
    at northern end of the Pont de l'Alma bridge, place de l'Alma, 8e
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  • Transport
    underground rail: Alma-Marceau

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In August 1997 in the underpass parallel to the Seine, Diana, Princess of Wales, was killed in a car accident, with her partner Dodi Fayed, and their chauffeur. The bronze Flame of Liberty became something of a memorial to Diana and was decorated with flowers, photographs, graffiti and personal notes for almost five years.

A replica of the one atop the Statue of Liberty's torch, the Flame was actually placed here by Paris-based US firms in 1987 on the centenary of the International Herald Tribune newspaper as a symbol of friendship between France and the USA. It was renovated and cleaned in 2002 and, this being the age of short (or no) memories, there are no longer any reminders of the tragedy that happened so close by and had so much of the Western world in grief at the time.