Statue of Liberty
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Statue of Liberty
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For other uses, see Statue of Liberty (disambiguation).
Statue of Liberty | | Location | Liberty Island
New York City, New York, U.S.[1] | Coordinates | 40°41′21″N 74°2′40″WCoordinates: 40°41′21″N 74°2′40″W | Height | * 151 feet 1 inch (46 meters) * Ground to torch: 305 feet 1 inch (93 meters) | Dedicated | October 28, 1886 | Restored | 1938, 1984–1986, 2011–2012 | 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 No. | 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 No. | 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] | Location of Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor |
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 thepeople 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 is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.
Statue of Liberty
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
For other uses, see Statue of Liberty (disambiguation).
Statue of Liberty | | Location | Liberty Island
New York City, New York, U.S.[1] | Coordinates | 40°41′21″N 74°2′40″WCoordinates: 40°41′21″N 74°2′40″W | Height | * 151 feet 1 inch (46 meters) * Ground to torch: 305 feet 1 inch (93 meters) | Dedicated | October 28, 1886 | Restored | 1938, 1984–1986, 2011–2012 | 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 No. | 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 No. | 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] | Location of Statue of Liberty in New York Harbor |
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 thepeople 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 is an icon of freedom and of the United States: a welcoming signal to immigrants arriving from abroad.
References: The statue 's head on exhibit at the Paris World 's Fair, 1878 On his return to Paris in 1877, Bartholdi concentrated on completing the head, which was exhibited at the 1878 Paris World 's Fair Dedication Unveiling of the Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World (1886) by Edward Moran History since dedication Lighthouse Board and War Department (1886–1933) Early National Park Service years (1933–1982) September 26, 1972: President Richard Nixon visits the statue to open the American Museum of Immigration Main articles: Restoration of the Statue of Liberty 1984-1986 and Liberty Weekend July 4, 1986: First Lady Nancy Reagan (in red) reopens the statue to the public. September 11, 2001: The twin towers of the World Trade Center burn with the Statue of Liberty in the foreground.