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Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty

The landmark in and of New York is the Statue of Liberty. This statue symbolise the freedom of the world.
It’s worldwide symbol of freedom
As a sign of independence it was built in 1886 as a gift from France to the United States of America in New York. its also intended to symbolize hope. In the left hand the statue holds a stone tablet on which the date of the American Declaration of Independence ( July 4, 1776 ) was engraved . In the right hand the "Miss Liberty " holding a torch with a golden flame in the air.
The French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi
(1834-1904) designed the statue , with Gustav Eiffel (1832-1923) .The Statue of Liberty has a height of 102 meters and weighs over 250 tons.

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