Winged Victory of Samothrace

A marble copy of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, the original of which is housed at the Louvre Museum in Paris, went on temporary display on a coastal avenue in the northern port city of Alexandroupoli on Thursday.

A replica of the Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, on display in the Louvre Museum in Paris, has been completed in a workshop in Drama, northern Greece. It will be erected on the island of Samothrace, where the original was found. The 6.5-ton replica is 2.44 meters high.

The Louvre museum in Paris, France invites its visitors to rediscover the Winged Victory of Samothrace in an exhibition which opened yesterday and is scheduled to run until June 15.

This emblematic statue, the most famous exhibit at the Louvre, is again visible after a year of restoration.

Less than a year after it was removed for restoration, the Winged Victory of Samothrace is back on its pedestal in the Louvre Museum in Paris.