The Statue of Liberty, 1883
The Statue of Liberty was completed in 1884 and the few years before were spent constructing the masterpiece in The Monduit and Bechet Workshop in Paris, France. Very few people know that Lady Liberty is actually the Roman goddess Libertas.
The statue was a gift from the French and was designed by sculptor, Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi. It was believed that the statue’s face was inspired by his own mother’s. Another fun fact is that the framework was made by the same engineer who built the Eiffel Tower, Gustave Eiffel.
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