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The stone figure of London is above the second plinth from the right outside Gare du Nord.

The figure of London by Jean-Louis-Nicolas Jaley (1865) is one of the eight larger statues on the cornice line of Gare du Nord, representing international destinations reached from Paris by this railway (at that time) as well as Paris.

They are from left to right:
Frankfurt
Amsterdam
Warsaw
Brussels
Paris
Berlin
Cologne
London
Vienne

London wears a long gown gathered on the right shoulder and a crown. She leans on a large shield with her right hand. Her left wrist touches her left hip. In the hand she holds a downward facing medical symbol with two serpents.