The statue of liberty
She is also called Freedom illuminant the world, the Statue of Freedom is surely the most famous work of the French sculptor Auguste Bartholdi
The construction of the statue began in Paris in 1875, she arrived at the United States in June 1885, whereas the pedestal was not yet to finish
The statue made 46m height with a weight of 27000 tons
she consists of copper plates supported by an iron reinforcement imagined by engineer Gustave Eiffel
Set up on liberty Island, in the wearing of New York, it was officially offered to the United States by France in 1884 to commemorate the centenary independence of the United States
this statue represents freedom
its raised torch high is a form of will.
The light of its torch has illuminated the world for more than one hundred years, even the wind which blows does not extinguish it
its drawn up arm represents the power
The diadem of the Statue with these seven rays of light represents the continents
in its left hand, symbolizing justice, she holds a shelf where is registered the date of the independence of the United States, July, 4th 1776
the chains of its feet fell, that symbolize peace
