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  2. Vulcan statue - Wikipedia

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    The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, United States, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The 56-foot (17 m) tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan , god of the fire and forge, with ironworking equipment.

  3. Vulcan (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Vulcan is the patron god of the English steel-making city of Sheffield. His statue stands on top of Sheffield Town Hall. [citation needed] The Vulcan statue located in Birmingham, Alabama is the largest cast iron statue in the world. [80] A 12-foot-tall and 1200-pound Vulcan statue at California University of Pennsylvania serves as the school's ...

  4. List of statues - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty is the tallest at 46 m, atop a 47 m pedestal. The Enchanted Highway is a collection of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures. Vulcan statue, (17m) in Birmingham, Alabama, US, is the largest cast iron statue.

  5. List of the tallest statues in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Hanuman Statue: 7.6: 25: 2020: Hindu Temple of Delaware, Hockessin, Delaware: granite: The statue weighs 60,000 pounds and is nation's tallest statue of Hanuman, the Hindu god of strength and knowledge. [43] Civic Fame: 7.6: 25: Adolph Alexander Weinman: 1914: Manhattan Municipal Building, New York City

  6. Statue of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City. The copper -clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France , was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and its ...

  7. The New Colossus - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Liberty in New York City. This poem was written as a donation to an auction of art and literary works [3] conducted by the "Art Loan Fund Exhibition in Aid of the Bartholdi Pedestal Fund for the Statue of Liberty" to raise money for the pedestal's construction. [4] Lazarus's contribution was solicited by fundraiser William Maxwell Evarts.

  8. The gods must be angry: Mexico 'cancels' statue of Greek god ...

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    Authorities in Mexico have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot-tall (3-meter) aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the ...

  9. Category:Vulcan (mythology) - Wikipedia

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    Articles relating to the god Vulcan and his cult. He is the god of fire , including the fire of volcanoes , deserts , metalworking and the forge . He was identified with the gods Hephaestus and Sethlans , and may have originated as the god Velchanos .