Statue of Liberty sculptural work of art has France gifting to America as a souvenir, the aim of documenting the bonds of friendship between the two countries on the occasion of the centennial of the American Revolution and was designed by Frederic Bartholdi, while designed structure construction Gustave Eiffel and settle the statue on Liberty Island, located in New York Bay, just 600 meters from the Jersey state New Jersey and 2.5 kilometers south-west of Manhattan. Total area with 49 thousand square meters and represents the statue idea of democracy or liberal free thought and takes lady form liberated from tyranny restrictions are thrown when one of her feet this lady stuck in her right hand a torch symbolizes freedom, while carrying in her left hand a book engraved letters Roman phrase «July 4, 1776 », the date of the American Declaration of Independence. And on her head a crown composed of 7 spears represent rays symbolizing the Seven Seas or seven continents in the world a...
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