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Opening ceremony statues: who are the 10 women honored on the Seine?

They sprang from the Seine as the Marseillaise resounded from the roof of the Grand Palais: 10 golden statues appeared during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. But who are these women in the spotlight?
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Did you know? The statue of a famous Roman she-wolf is hidden in a Parisian square.

In front of the Sorbonne lies a sculpture with a strong symbolic link between Paris and Rome: a she-wolf. A replica of the Capitoline She-Wolf, it was donated to the French capital as part of the twinning agreement between the two cities, a reminder of the legend of Remus and Romulus.