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  2. Replicas of the Statue of Liberty - Wikipedia

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    Statue of Liberty on the Île aux Cygnes, River Seine in Paris.Given to the city in 1889, it faces southwest, downriver along the Seine. This statue was given in 1889 to France by U.S. citizens [4] living in Paris, only three years after the main statue in New York was inaugurated, to celebrate the centennial of the French Revolution.

  3. 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 ...

  4. Île aux Cygnes - Wikipedia

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    A notable feature is a quarter-scale replica of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi's Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty on the Île aux Cygnes. The replica is 11.50 meters (37 feet 9 inches) tall and faces west in the direction of its larger rendition in New York City.

  5. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi - Wikipedia

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    It was rumored in France that the face of the Statue of Liberty was modeled after Bartholdi's mother. [12] The statue is 46 metres (151 ft), [13] and the top of the torch is at an elevation of 93 metres (305 ft) from mean low-water mark. [14] It was the largest work of its kind that had been completed up to that time. [3]

  6. Today in history: The Statue of Liberty arrives to America on ...

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    One of the most iconic symbols of The United States, The Statue of Liberty, arrived to American shores 130 years ago today. But, Lady Liberty was not born in there. She was created by French ...

  7. Jardin du Luxembourg - Wikipedia

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    During and after the July Monarchy, the park became the home of a large population of statues; first the queens and famous women of France, lined along the terraces; then, in 1880s and 1890s, monuments to writers and artists, a small-scale model by Bartholdi of his Liberty Enlightening the World (commonly known as the Statue of Liberty) and one ...

  8. Statue of Liberty National Monument - Wikipedia

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    The Statue of Liberty National Monument is a United States national monument comprising Liberty Island and Ellis Island in the states of New Jersey and New York. [5] It includes the 1886 Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) by sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and the Statue of Liberty Museum, both situated on Liberty Island, as well as the former immigration station at Ellis ...

  9. Eugène Secrétan - Wikipedia

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    He donated 60,000 kilos of copper in the 1870s to make Liberty Enlightening the World, commonly known as the Statue of Liberty. [1] He later lost his wealth in the copper crash of 1889 when his "Société industrielle et commerciale des métaux" went bankrupt after an attempt to corner the market on copper. [2]