Giving gifts to friends for occasion has been through over years and to know that the greatest gift ever in the history of world is the STATUE OF LIBERTY we people would be amazed
The structural is found in the "NATION OF IMMIGRANTS" ,the land of all peoples in the world USA .
In the city of NEW YORK ,one of the most famous landmarks is the MAJESTIC COPPER SCULPTURE that towers over the LIBERTY ISLAND and hence the name STATUE OF LIBERTY ,at the entrance to the newyork harbour .The other name is "THE LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD" or "THE STATUE OF LIBERTY".
The statue of liberty is given to the people of U.S.A by the people of FRANCE in 1884 .This is the gift which was an expression of FRIENDSHIP and AN IDEAL OF LIBERTY shared by both peoples .French citizens donated the money to build the statue and the citizens of U.S.A gave money for the pedestal.
The french sculpture frederic auguste bartholdi designed the statue and decided its size.He modelled the statue's face on the face of his own mother.
It is an expression of freedom to the people all over the world.It shows a proud woman draped in the graceful folds of a loose robe.Tn her uplifted hand she holds a GLOWING TORCH .She wears a CROWN with SEVEN SPIKES ,that stand for ,THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY shining on the SEVEN SEAS and SEVEN CONTINENTS .In her left hand she holds a TABLET bearing the date of AMERICAN DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE (july 4,1776).A broken chain at her feet represents the end of tyranny.
For the millions of immigrants (originally it was the poor) it is a welcoming figure holding the promise of freedom and opportunity.
The statue of liberty stands on a 5 HECTARE LIBERTY ISLAND in upper NEWYORK BAY. The statue's pedestal rises from the walls of a star-shaped fort built to defend newyork against the naval attack .
The pedestial itself is 47 meters tall,stairs and a lift run inside.Prt way up the pedestal is A ROW OF PILLARS called COLONNADE.
The statue is over 46 metres high.It weighs 204 metric tons .It was made of 300 sheets of copper fastened together with rivets.The frame work was designed by ALEXANDRE GUSTAV EIFFEL.It has a central tower of 4 vertical columns connected by cross beams .Iron girders support the raised arm.Two parallel,spiral stairways with 142 STEPS wind up to the interior of the statue to the crown on the head.The crown has a viewing platform with 25 windows.The torch glows with reflected light from 16 powerful lamps on the rim of the torch.
The statue was built in PARIS and handed over to the U.S minister to france,paris on july 4,1884
It was then disassembled and packed in 214 wooden crates and shipped to U.S.A on the french ship 'ISERE'.Onoctober 28,1886 the 'LIBERTY ENLIGHTENING THE WORLD' was officially dedicated to the new york city.
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