Place de la Nation
After the Bastille, the
Rue St. Antoine becomes the Rue du Faubourg St. Antoine, and leads to Place de
la Nation, the Eastern equivalent of the Étoile.
Ten avenues meet here, and in a pond in a wide lawn in
the centre is a famous statue of Marianne.
Who, I hear you ask, is Marianne? She is the lady who
stands for France, just as Britannia stands for Britain.
You find her picture on stamps
and her bust in Town Halls all over France.
