Statue of Liberty, Bronze statue in the historic centre of Lima, Peru

The Statue of Liberty is a one-piece bronze sculpture about 2 metres high standing on a 4.30 m pedestal in the Plaza Francia of Lima's historic centre. It shows a standing woman in a light tunic, a laurel wreath on her head, holding a raised torch in her left hand and a laurel palm in her right. The pedestal is white granite from Amancaes.

The French colony in Lima commissioned the work for the centennial of Peruvian independence in 1921 but failed to have it ready in time. A new commission led by engineer Michel Fort raised funds, and an international competition held in Rome in 1925 chose René Bertrand-Boutée, with Eugène Soleau casting the bronze. Inaugurated on 17 January 1926 in the Plaza de la Libertad before President Augusto B. Leguía, it was moved in 1935 to the old Plaza de la Recoleta, renamed Plaza Francia.

The bronze figure wears a light tunic and a laurel wreath on her head, and holds a raised torch in her left hand and a laurel palm in her right. The French colony in Lima commissioned it as a gift for the centenary of Peruvian independence, and a commemorative plaque records that homage.

The bronze figure stands on a 4.30 m granite pedestal in Plaza Francia, in the historic centre of Lima, near the Manrique Hospice and the Church of the Sacred Hearts. The torch points east, toward the imaginary extension of the Camaná and Tambo de Belén streets. The square was remodelled in 2019, when the restored torch and plaque were unveiled.

During the 2019 restoration by PROLIMA, conservators removed layers of paint from the bronze and uncovered the sculptor's signature and the foundry stamp. The same work replaced the stolen torch and commemorative plaque, and the restored statue was unveiled on 25 September 2019.