Statue of Liberty description and photo - USA: New York
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Statue of Liberty description and photos - USA: New York. Detailed information about the attraction. Description, photographs and a map showing the nearest significant objects. The title in English is Statue of Liberty. Photo and descriptionThe Statue of Liberty is one of the national symbols of the United States. Standing on an island in the middle of New York harbor, it is familiar to the whole world. The idea of a sculpture-gift for the centenary of the American Declaration of Independence, which was executed in 1876, was born in France. The project was undertaken by the sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, funds for the creation of the monument were collected by subscription. To determine the location of the sculpture, Bartholdi traveled to the United States and chose Bedlow Island in New York Harbor - Fort Wood was located on it since 1811, which became part of the foundation of the statue. Design and installation of the monumentBartholdi designed a monument in the form of a colossal figure of the Roman goddess of freedom with a torch in her right hand raised. In her left hand Liberty holds the tablets, on which the date of adoption of the Declaration of Independence is carved. The head is crowned with a diadem with seven rays - the symbol of the continents (Western geographical tradition distinguishes seven continents of the Earth). The construction of the 46-meter-high statue has become a complex engineering task. Bartholdi assembled the figure from sheets of copper 2.57 millimeters thick, minted using wooden molds. The weight of these copper sheets alone was 31 tons. The steel support structure inside the figure, developed with the assistance of Gustave Eiffel (the author of the Eiffel Tower), weighs another 125 tons. The monument to the centenary of the Declaration of Independence did not have time to be installed - the seventies of the XIX century were marked by an economic depression in the United States, construction the pedestal (the American side was responsible for it) dragged on. The situation has changed for the better when journalist and publisher Joseph Pulitzer promised to publish the name of everyone who donates any amount to the project. Money flowed, among them, for example, one dollar donated by a group of children who refused to attend the circus for this. The money came from lotteries, boxing matches and donation boxes in bars. On June 17, 1885, the French military frigate Ysere delivered the dismantled statue to the port of New York - it was met at sea by hundreds of ships. On October 28, 1886, the statue was inaugurated - this event was marked by a grand parade across the city. The symbol of free AmericaThe sculpture quickly gained immense popularity: it was depicted on coins, posters, it became the heroine of many films. In 1956 Bedlow Island was renamed Liberty Island. In 2011, a large-scale reconstruction of the monument began, and a year later it was opened to the public, but the next day, Hurricane Sandy dealt a terrible blow to the island: a stormy wind destroyed engineering systems and demolished sidewalks. On Independence Day 2013 (July 4th), the island and the statue were rediscovered. Tourists arrive here by ferry. If you book your tickets in advance, you can climb to the observation deck located in the crown. It offers stunning views of Manhattan and New York Harbor. On the bronze plate, attached to the wall of the museum in the pedestal of the statue, the words of the sonnet "New Colossus" by the poetess Emma Lazarus are engraved: “... > Send me the rejected, the homeless, Notes
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