[HIGHLIGHTS] “An endless soap opera”: in Paris, where has the statue of Voltaire, removed four years ago, gone?

Weakened and tagged, it was removed from Square Honoré-Champion (VIe) in 2020. Since then, several solutions have been considered.

“It’s an endless soap opera,” concedes Karen Taïeb, assistant (PS app) to Anne Hidalgo, in charge of heritage. In a very fragile state, the statue which has just been tagged once again is entrusted to the National Center for Plastic Arts (CNAP) to be “cleaned”