What is the Statue of Liberty

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The Statue of Liberty is a 93-meter-tall monument on the island of Liberty in New York Bay, formerly called the island of Biddleu, a gift from France to the United States of America to celebrate the friendship of the two peoples. Her right hand, bearing a plaque on the date of the independence of the United States of America (the fourth of July 1776) in her left hand.

Design of Statue of Liberty

The French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was the architect of the Statue of Liberty, with the help of Gustav Eiffel, and the support of a group of French liberals who promoted the United States as a model of a well-organized and stable government. They wanted France to do the same. The statue was built in 1875 and built from copper plates. The statue was unveiled on October 28, 1886, during the reign of President Grover Cleveland. The statue was then considered the tallest building in New York City.

Information on Statue of Liberty

Over the years, the torch underwent many modifications. In 1916 it was converted into electrical power and redesigned in the mid-1980s when the statue was repaired by French and American workers to commemorate the centennial of the statue in July 1986.

The Statue of Liberty was added in 1984 to the UNESCO World Heritage List.

Until September 11, 2001, the statue was accessible to visitors, and they were able to get a stunning view of New York City by climbing the stairs inside the statue to the top of the crown.

The original flame of the statue is in the Museum of the Statue of Liberty.

There are 25 windows and 7 pointed heads in the crown of the Statue of Liberty. These seven heads are said to symbolize the Seven Seas.