Enlightening: Researchers say the
sculptor who designed the State of Liberty may have based the design on
an Egyptian peasant woman
A BRIEF HISTORY OF LADY LIBERTY
Designed by Frederic Bartholdi, the statue is a neo-classical sculpture representing the Roman Goddess of Freedom, Libertas.
She
was a present to America from France to celebrate her independence and
was erected in 1886 in Upper New York Bay on Liberty Island.
Bartholdi's
inspiration for the statue was a comment made by politician Édouard
René de Laboulaye in mid-1865, when he stated: '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 effort - a common work
of both our nations.'
Bartholdi was also present at the dinner - and the rest is history.
She makes for a truly exhilarating sight for anyone entering New York.
The main body of the statue stands at 151ft high, but with the pedestal included, reaches 305ft.
She
has been featured in several Hollywood flicks, including Independence
Day, Cloverfield, The Day After Tomorrow, and, of course, Planet Of The
Apes, where she appears buried in a beach.
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