"The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886.
The statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776.
A broken chain lies at her feet.
The statue has become an icon of freedom and of the United States."
Thank you again, France! :)
Statue of Liberty | |
Location: | Liberty Island New York NY 10004, U.S.[1] |
Dedicated: | October 28, 1886 |
Restored: | 1938, 1984–1986 |
Sculptor: | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi |
Visitation: | 3.2 million (in 2009[2]) |
Governing body: | U.S. National Park Service |
UNESCO World Heritage Site | |
Type: | Cultural |
Criteria: | i, vi |
Designated: | 1984 (8th session) |
Reference #: | 307 |
State Party: | United States |
Region: | Europe and North America |
U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
Official name: Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island | |
Designated: | October 15, 1966[3] |
Reference #: | 66000058 |
U.S. National Monument | |
Designated: | October 15, 1924 |
Designated by: | President Calvin Coolidge[4] |
New York City Landmark | |
Type: | Individual |
Designated: | September 14, 1976[5] |
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