A gift from the French government to the US to celebrate the friendship between the two peoples, the statue was built in Paris between 1881 and 1884, based on a design by sculptor Auguste Bartholdi. The interior was made in the USA, with a design by the Frenchman Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (yes, the same as the Tower). Over there, the assembly was in 1886.
– (Dudu Torres/)
1) The statue is not painted green. It turned that color because copper, which is brown in color, oxidized due to exposure to air and water, gaining a greenish color.
two) The seven points of the crown represent the seven seas.
3) Lady Liberty’s copper plating is just 2.4 mm, equivalent to the thickness of two pennies on the dollar.
4) The sign held by the statue bears the inscription JULY IV MDCCLXXVI, which is the Roman version of the date July 4, 1776, the day the American Declaration of Independence was signed.
5) The statue is formed from 350 copper plates from Norway, assembled according to the repoussé process.
6) About 1,300 iron bars come out of the central tower like branches. In the final part, these branches are attached to the “skin” of the statue by approximately 1500 copper strips, reinforced with 300 thousand rivets.
7) There are two spiral staircases circling the center structure: one for going up and one for going down. There are 146 steps of 45.75 cm each. In the center there is a vertical iron structure 29.7 m high
SUPPORT
THE CONSTRUCTION
1 – The method used is the repoussé. Wood is carved into the desired shape. From it, a plaster mold is made.
two – The copper plate is placed over the mold, heated (to soften) and hammered into shape.
3 – The finished pieces are put together to assemble the statue, like a jigsaw puzzle.
THE ISLAND
THE TORCH
In the beginning, she was a beacon. Today it is closed