Statue de Dalida
The Statue of Dalida is a bronze bust created by French sculptor Alain Aslan in 1997 and placed on Place Dalida in Montmartre. The sculpture depicts the singer with a gentle expression and stands at the intersection of several streets near her former home.
Dalida was born in Cairo in 1933 and moved to Montmartre in 1962, where she lived until her death in 1987. The city of Paris honored the singer years later by naming a square after her in 1996 and installing this bust in 1997.
Place Dalida bears the name of the Egyptian-French singer and was officially named in her honor in 1996. The square serves as a gathering spot for fans who remember an artist who shaped Montmartre and touched multiple generations through her music.
The statue is located near Lamarck Caulaincourt metro station on line 12, from which it is a short walk through Montmartre's historic streets. The square sits at the intersection of several alleys and is easy to find while exploring the neighborhood's narrow, cobblestone lanes.
The bronze bust is polished at the chest from visitors touching it while hoping for luck in love, a tradition that arose without official explanation. In 2010, a theft attempt damaged the sculpture, but after a month of restoration work it was returned to its place.
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