Lion of Belfort
The Lion of Belfort, in Belfort, France, is an 1880 monumental sculpture by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the sculptor of the Statue of Liberty.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Jean-Christophe BENOIST, CC BY 3.0.
- Type: Work of art
- Description: sculpture by Auguste Bartholdi in Belfort, France
- Also known as: “Le Lion” and “Le Lion de Belfort”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Belfort citadel and Belfort Cathedral.
Belfort Cathedral
Church
Photo: ComputerHotline, CC BY 3.0.
Belfort Cathedral, otherwise the Cathedral of Saint Christopher of Belfort, is a Roman Catholic church located in Belfort, Territoire de Belfort, France. Belfort Cathedral is situated 220 metres north of Lion of Belfort.
Prefecture hotel of Belfort
Public building
Photo: Gratus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Prefecture hotel of Belfort is a public building, which is situated 300 metres northwest of Lion of Belfort.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belfort and Miotte.
Belfort
Town
Photo: ComputerHotline, CC BY 3.0.
Belfort is a city in northeastern France, situated approximately 25 km from the Swiss border. It is the prefecture of the Territoire de Belfort. Belfort is 400 km from Paris and 55 km from Basel.
Essert
Village
Photo: Rauenstein, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Essert is a commune in the Territoire de Belfort department in Bourgogne-Franche-Comté in northeastern France. Essert is situated 3½ km west of Lion of Belfort.
Lion of Belfort
- Categories: monumental sculpture, tourism, historic site, and monument
- Location: Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France, Europe
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Latitude
47.63664° or 47° 38′ 12″ northLongitude
6.86457° or 6° 51′ 52″ eastElevation
379 metres (1,243 feet)Open location code
8FV8JVP7+MROpenStreetMap ID
way 207232347OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=artworkGeoNames ID
12009512Wikidata ID
Q926536
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Western Armenian—“Lion of Belfort” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “أسد بلفور”
- Arabic: “أسد بلفورت”
- Arabic: “اسد بلفور”
- Basque: “Belforteko Lehoia”
- Bulgarian: “Белфорски лъв”
- Catalan: “Lleó de Belfort”
- Chinese: “貝爾福之獅”
- Chinese: “贝尔福之狮”
- Chinese: “贝尔福雄狮”
- Chuvash: “Бельфор арӑсланӗ”
- Czech: “Belfortský lev”
- Dutch: “Lion of Belfort”
- Esperanto: “Leono de Belfort”
- French: “Lion de Belfort”
- German: “Löwe von Belfort”
- Greek: “Λέων του Μπελφόρ”
- Hebrew: “האריה מבלפור”
- Indonesian: “Lion de Belfort”
- Indonesian: “Singa Belfort”
- Italian: “Leone di Belfort”
- Latvian: “Belforas lauva”
- Luxembourgish: “Léiw vu Belfort”
- Macedonian: “Белфорски лав”
- Occitan (post 1500): “Leon de Belfòrt”
- Persian: “شیر بلفور”
- Polish: “Lew Belfortu”
- Portuguese: “Leão de Belfort”
- Romanian: “Leul din Belfort”
- Russian: “Бельфорский лев”
- Spanish: “Leon de Belfort”
- Spanish: “León de Belfort”
- Vietnamese: “Sư tử Belfort”
- Western Armenian: “Պելֆորի առիւծ”
- Western Armenian: “Պելֆորի Առիւծը”
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