The July Column, Place de la Bastille

The July Column stands at the centre of the Place de la Bastille. The Place is a square where the Bastille prison once stood until the French Revolution, and the famous 'storming of the Bastille' in 1789. The July Column or the Colonne de Juillet commemorates the events of the 1830 July Revolution.. At the top of the column is the Genie de la Liberte (Spirit of Freedom), a gilded bronze sculpture made by Augustin Dumont in 1836. It is an allegorical statue which depicts Liberty with male features, as a winged genius, brandishing a torch in one hand and broken chains in the other, while leaping into the air off one foot. 

Place de la République

The Place de la Republique is located on the border between the 3rd, 10th and 11th arrondissements. The square is named  after the First, Second and Third Republic. The 3.4 ha square includes a statue which is the personification of France, Marianne.