Unit 16

WONDERS
OF
THE WORLD
Statue of Liberty
Part 1 :

Origin of the
Statue of Liberty
Origin of the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty (French: Statue de la Liberté), full name is Liberty Enlightening the World (La Liberté eclairant Le Monde), it is a statue France was awarded the United States in the late 19th century, are located in the Hudson River overlooking New York Harbor. It is one of the most famous symbol of the United States, and is one of the first scene an immigrant to America seen from the east

This statue was created in France. Dated 04/07/1884, the French official assigned to the U.S. ambassador, as is the gift of the French people for the American people. Shortly thereafter, the Goddess is separated, packaged, using ships to New York, and re-assembly Bedloe Island (now Liberty Island), the capital of the U.S. construction giant pedestal
Statue of Liberty happy
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Origin of the Statue of Liberty
Stand by American architect Richard Morris Hunt designed the high 47 m, 46 m high statue, made the torch tip above ground to 93 m. The statue weighs 229 tons, back 10.6 m wide, 91 cm wide mouth, hand held torch flame length 12.8 m, only one finger is 2.4 meters long Goddess feet with iron chains symbolize the violent overthrow of the government, left hand holding the Declaration of Independence of the United States, the Goddess helmet line is seven rays of light across the seven oceans, seven great continents. Goddess intestinal spiral staircase, visitors climb to the head, equivalent to climbing a 12-storey house floor
Origin of the Statue of Liberty
Statue of Liberty rooted political problems of France. In 1865, Napoleon III to the throne, a scholar named Edouard de Laboulaye same people in his group hopes to end the monarchy, building a new French Republic, should be prepared to build the Statue of Freedom of expression achieve their praise for the other countries of the Atlantic, our sympathy and encouragement between the French and the American people. Sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi young under the encouragement of Laboulaye think this project design.
Origin of the Statue of Liberty
Bartholdi hoped to create a giant tower lights Goddess torch held high above the Suez Canal, shown lighting advances have occurred in Asia. He started to work with great enthusiasm. Liberty works influenced many of his famous painting Spirit of the free navigation of the artist Delacroix everybody, goddess face similar serious mental state of his mother.

Statue of massive forced Bartholdi and his engineer (Alexandre Gustave Eiffel - the Eiffel Tower design) to solve thorny technical problems. Eiffel create a delicate iron frame with side racks in the center of resistance. The outer layer is only 2.4 millimeters thick objects visible, placed in this framework flexible. Bartholdi began processing before a model of 1.2 m high statue, then make the return to work three, each larger than the first, until you achieve the best large scale.
Part 2 :
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
Icon of
New York
and
America
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
The Jardin du Luxembourg and the river Seine, Paris
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Norway
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
Version sit in Ukraine 
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
Leicester, United Kingdom
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Shimoda and Odaiba, Japan
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
Phillippin
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
KEELUNG AND TAIPEI - TAIWAN
Other versions of the Statue of Liberty
HANOI - VIETNAM
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