Statue of Liberty
monument in New York
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Summary
Statue of Liberty is a part of UNESCO World Heritage Site[1]. It draws 129,720 Wikipedia views per month (part of unesco world heritage site category, ranking #1 of 1).[2]
Key Facts
- Creator: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi[3], Gustave Eiffel[4], Richard Morris Hunt[5]
- Influenced by: Colossus of Rhodes[6]
- Located in the administrative territorial entity: New York City[7]
- Country: United States[8]
- Instance of: observation tower[9], statue[10], colossal statue[11]
- Architect: Eugène Viollet-le-Duc[12]
- Commissioned by: Édouard René Lefèbvre de Laboulaye[13]
- Maintained by: National Park Service[14]
- Owned by: National Park Service[15]
- Movement: Neoclassicism[16]
- Genre: allegorical sculpture[17], monumental sculpture[18], public art[19], colossal statue[20]
- Named after: liberty[21]
- Architectural style: Neoclassical architecture[22]
- Depicts: Liberty[23], woman[24], contrapposto[25], radiant crown[26], torch[27], drapery[28], Libertas[29], book[30]
- Made from material: copper[31], steel[32], concrete[33], granite[34], gold leaf[35]
- Location: Liberty Island[36]
- Commons category: Statue of Liberty[37]
- Unicode character: 🗽[38]
- Country of origin: French Third Republic[39]
- Has part(s): Liberty Statue renovation[40]
- Inception: 1886[41]
- Structural engineer: Gustave Eiffel[42]
- Located in/on physical feature: Liberty Island[43]
- Contributor to the creative work or subject: Maurice Koechlin[44]
- Significant event: transport[45], inauguration[46]
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Designation and Status
Heritage statuses include New York City Landmark[47], National Register of Historic Places listed place[48], Historic Civil Engineering Landmark[49], National Register of Historic Places contributing property[50], New York State Register of Historic Places listed place[51], and World Heritage Site[52].
Why It Matters
Statue of Liberty has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[53] It is known by 52 alternative names across languages and contexts.[54]