When the famous French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, the designer of the Statue of Liberty, visited Egypt from 1855 to 1856, he was keen on creating large public monuments and giant sculptures.
1869, the Egyptian government publicly solicited plans to build a lighthouse on the Suez Canal. Bartholdi designed a huge statue of an Egyptian woman, wearing a robe and holding a torch, entitled "Egypt (or progress) brings light to Asia".
1870, he began to design the Statue of Liberty on the basis of this scheme and concept, which means "freedom brings enlightenment to the world". 1886, as a gift from the French government to the 0/00th anniversary of American independence/kloc-0, the Statue of Liberty was completed in Liberty Island, New York.
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1 and 1869 After the sketch design of the Statue of Liberty was completed, bartholdi began to devote himself wholeheartedly to sculpture. He went to the United States to win American support for the statue project, but Americans never realized the preciousness of this gift.
2. The sculpture project started at 1874. When bartholdi participated in the Expo celebrating the independence100th anniversary held in Philadelphia on 1876, in order to attract the public's attention, the hand of the Statue of Liberty holding the torch was displayed at the Expo, which caused a sensation. Soon, the US Congress passed a resolution to determine Bedro Island as the site of the Statue of Liberty.
3. The Statue of Liberty was completed in 1884, which lasted for ten years. On July 6th, the Statue of Liberty was officially announced as a gift to the United States.
People's Network-The Statue of Liberty was inspired by Arab peasant women.