Statue of Liberty Wikipedia. Statue of Liberty. Politically Incorrect Full list of antifa members. Watch32 Watch Movies on Watch32. Watch32 is the Biggest Library of free Full Movies. Watch 32 Movies Online. Liberty Enlightening the World. Location. Liberty Island. Manhattan, New York City,New York,1 U. S. Coordinates. 404. N7. 424. 0W 4. N 7. W 4. Coordinates 4. N7. 424. 0W 4. N 7. W 4. Height. Height of copper statue to torch 1. SyH2XviGdS09dF1RRWKGkbtT0k.jpg' alt='Watch Bushwick Hindi Full Movie' title='Watch Bushwick Hindi Full Movie' />From ground level to torch 3. Dedicated. October 2. Restored. 19. 38, 1. Sculptor. Frdric Auguste Bartholdi. Visitors. 3. 2 million in 2. Governing body. U. S. National Park Service. Watch Bushwick Hindi Full Movie' title='Watch Bushwick Hindi Full Movie' />Website. Statue of Liberty National Monument. Type. Cultural. Criteriai, vi. Designated. 19. 848th sessionReference no. State Party. United States. Region. Europe and North America. Designated. October 1. Designated by. President Calvin Coolidge3Official name Statue of Liberty National Monument, Ellis Island and Liberty Island. O2tvseries Gossip Girl Season 3. Designated. October 1. Reference no. 6. 60. Designated. May 2. Reference no. 1. 53. Type. Individual. Designated. September 1. Show map of New York City. Show map of New York. Show map of the USThe Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World French La Libert clairant le monde is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frdric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 2. The Statue of Liberty is a figure of a robed woman representing Libertas, a Roman goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a tabula ansata inscribed in Roman numerals with JULY IV MDCCLXXVI July 4, 1. U. S. Declaration of Independence. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad. Bartholdi was inspired by a French law professor and politician, douard Ren de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1. U. S. independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples. Because of the post war instability in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1. In 1. 87. 5, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the U. S. provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions. The torch bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1. Madison Square Park in Manhattan from 1. Fundraising proved difficult, especially for the Americans, and by 1. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer, of the New York World, started a drive for donations to finish the project and attracted more than 1. The statue was built in France, shipped overseas in crates, and assembled on the completed pedestal on what was then called Bedloes Island. The statues completion was marked by New Yorks first ticker tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland. The statue was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board until 1. Department of War since 1. National Park Service. Public access to the balcony around the torch has been barred for safety since 1. Design and construction process. Origin. According to the National Park Service, the idea for the Statue of Liberty was first proposed by douard Ren de Laboulaye the president of the French Anti Slavery Society and a prominent and important political thinker of his time. The project is traced to a mid 1. Laboulaye, a staunch abolitionist and Frdric Bartholdi, a sculptor. In after dinner conversation at his home near Versailles, Laboulaye, an ardent supporter of the Union in the American Civil War, is supposed to have said If a monument should rise in the United States, as a memorial to their independence, I should think it only natural if it were built by united efforta common work of both our nations. The National Park Service, in a 2. In another essay on their website, the Park Service suggested that Laboulaye was minded to honor the Union victory and its consequences, With the abolition of slavery and the Unions victory in the Civil War in 1. Laboulayes wishes of freedom and democracy were turning into a reality in the United States. In order to honor these achievements, Laboulaye proposed that a gift be built for the United States on behalf of France. Laboulaye hoped that by calling attention to the recent achievements of the United States, the French people would be inspired to call for their own democracy in the face of a repressive monarchy. According to sculptor Frdric Auguste Bartholdi, who later recounted the story, Laboulayes comment was not intended as a proposal, but it inspired Bartholdi. Given the repressive nature of the regime of Napoleon III, Bartholdi took no immediate action on the idea except to discuss it with Laboulaye. Bartholdi was in any event busy with other possible projects in the late 1. Ismail Pasha, Khedive of Egypt, a plan to build Progress or Egypt Carrying the Light to Asia,1. Egyptian female fellah or peasant, robed and holding a torch aloft, at the northern entrance to the Suez Canal in Port Said. Sketches and models were made of the proposed work, though it was never erected. There was a classical precedent for the Suez proposal, the Colossus of Rhodes an ancient bronze statue of the Greek god of the sun, Helios. This statue is believed to have been over 1. Any large project was further delayed by the Franco Prussian War, in which Bartholdi served as a major of militia. In the war, Napoleon III was captured and deposed. Bartholdis home province of Alsace was lost to the Prussians, and a more liberal republic was installed in France. As Bartholdi had been planning a trip to the United States, he and Laboulaye decided the time was right to discuss the idea with influential Americans. In June 1. 87. 1, Bartholdi crossed the Atlantic, with letters of introduction signed by Laboulaye. Arriving at New York Harbor, Bartholdi focused on Bedloes Island now named Liberty Island as a site for the statue, struck by the fact that vessels arriving in New York had to sail past it. He was delighted to learn that the island was owned by the United States governmentit had been ceded by the New York State Legislature in 1.