NAME | Statue of Liberty |
LOCATION | Liberty Island, New York City, New York |
ARCHITECT | Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi |
BUILT | October 28, 1886 |
EXTRA | UNESCO World Heritage Site |
HEIGHT OF COPPER STATUE | 151 ft 1 in |
About Statue of Liberty
The Statue of Liberty 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 the people of France,The statue has become an iconic symbol of freedom and of the United States
Location and visiting
The statue is situated in Upper New York Bay on Liberty Island, south of Ellis Island. Both islands were ceded by New York to the federal government in 1800.[135] As agreed in an 1834 compact between New York and New Jersey that set the state border at the bay's midpoint.
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