[DOC] [TLE] Winged Victory of Samothrace - Wikipedia [PAR] The Winged Victory of Samothrace, also called the Nike of Samothrace, is a 
marble Hellenistic sculpture of the Greek goddess Nike (Victory), perhaps of the 
2nd-century BC. Since 1884, it has been prominently displayed at the Louvre and 
is one of ... The Winged Victory of Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is 
conventionally... [DOC] [TLE] The Winged Victory of Samothrace | Louvre Museum | Paris [PAR] This exceptional monument was unearthed in 1863 on the small island of ... It 
was discovered by Charles Champoiseau, French Vice-Consul to Adrianople (
Turkey). The goddess of Victory (Nike, in Greek) is shown in the form of a winged 
woman ... Victory of Samothrace is one of the masterpieces of Hellenistic 
sculpture. [DOC] [TLE] Nike Monument | Samothrace [PAR] Parian marble for the statue; Lartos from Rhodes for the base. The most famous 
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marble Winged Victory (Nike in Greek) lighting on the ... Her wings are blown 
back behind her, the right, as we now know, rising higher and more ... Louvre 
website. [DOC] [TLE] The Louvre's 'Winged Victory of Samothrace' Is Set for Restoration ... [PAR] Aug 22, 2013 ... Nine-month makeover of the famous Greek god Nike will alter its appearance. ... 
Champoiseau found "Winged Victory" with only one wing in 1863 during his 
expedition to ... Adding a plaster wing "isn't something we would do now." ... The 
statue is made of white marble from the Cyclades island of Paros. [DOC] [TLE] Winged Victory (Nike) of Samothrace (video) | Khan Academy [PAR] Mar 20, 2012 - 3 min190 B.C.E. 3.28m high, Hellenistic Period (Muse du Louvre, Paris). The  sculpture was ... [DOC] [TLE] Nike of Samothrace Discovered | History Channel [PAR] On this day in 1863, an excavation on the Greek island of Samothrace, led by an 
... Known today as the Nike of Samothrace, the sculpture is considered one of the 
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famed Nike of Samothrace, now at the Louvre in Paris, was sculpted c. 200 B.C. 
.... This famous sculpture is found in 1820 at Greek island of Melos. It is a marble
... [DOC] [TLE] Hand and Wing For Louvre's Nike | Greek Reporter Europe [PAR] Jul 13, 2013 ... The right hand and the right wing of the Nike of Samothrace, the famous statue 
discovered in the Greek island of Samothrace in the second ... The Nike of 
Samothrace, discovered in 1863, is estimated to have been ... which is now in a 
glass case in the Louvre next to the podium on which the statue stands. [DOC] [TLE] The Winged Victory of Samothrace is back on show at the Louvre [PAR] Jul 11, 2014 ... The iconic classical sculpture of the Winged Victory of Samothrace is back in 
pride of ... One of the Louvre's most famous Grandes Dames was reinstated last 
Tuesday ... 190 BC) of the goddess Nike was discovered, in pieces, by French 
envoy Charles Champoiseau on the island of Samothrace in 1863. [DOC] [TLE] Things to Do  HOLIDAYS IN SAMOTHRACE [PAR] Kamariotissa,Greece 23C ... The most famous artifact of which is the 2.5-metre 
marble statue of Nike, now known as the Winged Victory of Samothrace, dating 
from about 190 BC. It was discovered in pieces on the island in 1863 by the 
French archaeologist Charles Champoiseau, and is now in the Louvre in Paris. [DOC] [TLE] Nike of Samothraki statue back at Louvre Museum |thetoc.gr [PAR] Jul 9, 2014 ... Nike of Samothraki statue back at Louvre Museum ... Comment Now ... the iconic 
statue was discovered in 1863 by a French diplomat, Charles Champoiseau, on 
the Greek island of Samothrace in the ... Restoration works had been recently 
carried to another famous sculpture, that of Venus of Milos

Question: It was on this now Greek isle that the famous statue of Nike, now in the Louvre, was found in 1863
Answer: Samothrace