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The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States in 1886. It is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, representing the goddess of freedom. The statue has become an iconic symbol of democracy and freedom worldwide.

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Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France to the United States in 1886. It is located on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, representing the goddess of freedom. The statue has become an iconic symbol of democracy and freedom worldwide.

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The Statue of Liberty in New York is a monument

to Liberty Island Harbor in New York City.


It was placed in 1886 at the entrance of the port on
the island in order to convey to the arriving
travelers the welcome greeting on American soil.
The statue is a gift from France made to the United
States on the occasion of the 110th anniversary of
the independence of the United States.
It was inaugurated by President Grover Cleveland
on October 28, 1886.

SLIDE2
The Statue of Liberty is located in the port of New
York City on the small island of Liberty Island,
southeast of Manhattan.
It has a copper coating that covers an iron
skeleton.
The monument has a mass of 225 tons, the color
of the statue by oxidizing copper has turned
green.
The base has a star shape being built of stone.
Inside it is a museum.

SLIDE3
The statue represents the goddess of freedom who
stands with one foot on the broken chain of
slavery.
The goddess holds in her left hand a plaque with
the Roman numeral inscription "JULY IV
MDCCLXXVI", ie July 4, 1776, when the
Declaration of Independence of the United States
of America was ratified.
In her right hand the goddess has a torch with a
golden flame.
On the head of the goddess is a crown adorned
with seven beams of light and 25 windows.

SLIDE4
It has a height without base of 46.5 m;
with base, culminates at 93 m;
inside it is a ladder with 354 steps that can be
climbed;
After the attacks of September 11, 2001, her visit
inside is forbidden.
SLIDE5
The statue is a welcome symbol for everyone:
returning Americans, visitors and immigrants.
The sculptor who made the statue is Frederic
Auguste Bartholdi.
Gustave Eiffel (the one who built the Eiffel
Tower) created the armor of the Statue of Liberty.
The copper statue, representing the Goddess of
Freedom, was a gift to the United States from
France as a symbol of the friendship between the
two nations.

SLIDE 6
For the construction of this giant, 300 sheets of
2.5 mm hammered copper were used, weighing 80
tons.
The inner armature, which weighs 100 tons, was
made by the famous engineer Gustave Eiffel.
The stone from which the pedestal is built comes
from a small village in France, Ruoms.
The stone was chosen because it is slightly
corrosive to the action of salt water.
SLIDE 7
It symbolizes the freedom that enlightens
everyone
It quickly became the emblem of the United States
and one of the best known symbols of freedom and
democracy.
On the head of the goddess, the crown is adorned
with seven beams of light symbolizing the seven
seas and continents.
The crown also has 25 windows that symbolize
the 25 jewels of the world.

Slide 8
The Statue of Liberty in Paris is a replica of the
statue of the same name in New York, donated to
the Americans by France.
One of the replicas, which is 11.50 m high, is
located at the downstream end of the Île des
Cygnes on the Seine, at the Grenelle bridge.
The statue was donated to the city of Paris by the
French community settled in the USA to
commemorate the centenary of the French
Revolution.
SLIDE 9
The statue in France was inaugurated in 1885, as a
plaster model.
The cast version was completed in 1889.
At the inauguration of the statue, Bartholdi
expressed his dissatisfaction with the fact that the
statue, facing east, is turning its back on America.
In 1937, on the occasion of the Universal
Exposition, the statue was turned to the west, as a
satisfaction for Bartholdi.
In 1990, the statue was restored and covered with
a bronze patina.

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