The Statue of Liberty
Statue of liberty is a magnificent monument in New York on the little island Liberty Island in the South-East of Manhattan.
It was offered to America by France when it reached 100 years from their independence and it was inaugurated in 28 October 1886.It was built in Paris at Gaget-Gauthier workshop in 1878 by Frederic-Auguste Bertholdi and Gustavo Eiffel. The stone from which was built the socle comes from a little town from France probably from Rimes or from Pouillenary.
It was chosen because it has a strong resistance action to the salt water. It has 46,5 meters and represents a women covered with a flag who keeps in the right hand a flame and in the left hand a plate in which is written the independence day of America :4July 1776.
The Statue of Liberty – New York
Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to sculpture in 1876 a statue to commemorate 100th birth of the American Declaration of Independence. Gustave Eiffel and Maurice Koechlin were the ones who help Bartholdi with the design of the massive iron pylon and secondary skeletal framework. This statue is a gift of the French people for the Americans and symbolizes the friendship between the two countries. The Statue of Liberty National Monument is there since 28 October 1886 and is considered more than a monument, is considered a living symbol of freedom for people around the world. In 1984 at the order of Ronald Reagan, the president of United States of America at that time, the statue entered in a restoration process which ended on 5th July 1986. The statue is of a robed woman holding a torch and stands atop of a stonework pedestal and it measures 93 m tall (46 m the statue and 47 m the pedestal).
