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`` He's a wrong-o '', said Runyon, `` and I wouldn't trust him as far as I could throw the Statue of Liberty ''.
* 1834 – Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, French sculptor, designed the Statue of Liberty ( d. 1904 )
* 2004 – The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty reopens after being closed since the September 11 attacks.
* 1884 – The cornerstone for the Statue of Liberty is laid on Bedloe's Island ( now Liberty Island ) in New York Harbor.
* Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886.
Rosendale cement was extremely popular for the foundation of buildings ( e. g., Statue of Liberty, Capitol Building, Brooklyn Bridge ) and lining water pipes.
The artwork, depicting a defaced Statue of Liberty overrun with Nazis, media, opportunists, Klan members, corrupt government officials, and religious zombies, echoed the idea that the punk scene was no longer a safe haven for " your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free ".
Each of the four doors are 139 meters or 456 feet high, in comparison the Statue of Liberty is only 93 meters or 305 feet high.
Indicate location-Establishing shots may use famous landmarks to indicate the city where the action is taking place or has moved to, such as the Empire State building or the Statue of Liberty to identify New York, the London Eye or Big Ben to identify London, the Sydney Opera House to identify Sydney, the Eiffel Tower to identify Paris, or the Las Vegas Strip to identify Las Vegas.
The island was made part of the Statue of Liberty National Monument in 1965, and has hosted a museum of immigration since 1990.
The exclusive ferry concessioner, Hornblower Cruises and Events, also provides service to the nearby Statue of Liberty.
On October 15, 1965, Ellis Island was proclaimed a part of Statue of Liberty National Monument.
" We were the first film company in history allowed to shoot on Liberty Island at the Statue of Liberty at night.
J. J. Abrams, producer of the 2008 film Cloverfield, mentioned that a scene in his film, which shows the head of the Statue of Liberty crashing into a New York street, was inspired by the poster for Escape from New York.
Interior structural elements of the Statue of Liberty designed by Gustave Eiffel.
In 1881 Eiffel was contacted by Auguste Bartholdi who was in need of an engineer to help him to realise the Statue of Liberty.
The central apex figure of Truth is popularly known as Glasgow's Statue of Liberty, because of its close resemblance to the similarly posed, but very much larger, statue in New York harbour.
This play in turn inspired Giannina Braschi's dramatic novel " United States of Banana ," which takes place at the Statue of Liberty in post-9 / 11 New York City.

Statue and Enlightening
Thus the Statue of Liberty, actually " Liberty Enlightening the World ", lifts her torch.
The work for which Bartholdi is most famous is Liberty Enlightening the World, better known as the Statue of Liberty.
Arguably New York's most identifiable symbol, Liberty Enlightening the World ( the Statue of Liberty ), a gift from France for the American centennial, was completed in 1886.
National embodiments of Liberty include Britannia in the United Kingdom, " Liberty Enlightening the World ," commonly known as the Statue of Liberty in the United States of America, and Marianne in France.

Statue and World
Statue of the Nurse-a statue in memory of women who fought for the Polish state during the Second World War and in battle for Kołobrzeg, the woman is based on Ewelina Nowak who died in 1945 in the city while trying to save a wounded soldier
Fátima, Portugal | Fátima Statue of Pope Pius XII, who consecrated Russia and the World: « Just as a few years ago We consecrated the entire human race to the Immaculate Heart of the Blessed Virgin Mary ( Roman Catholic ) | Virgin Mary, Mother of God, so today We consecrate and in a most special manner We entrust all the peoples of Russia to this Immaculate Heart ...»
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* The Statue of Zeus, one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, is destroyed by fire after being moved to Constantinople.
Pheidias Showing the Frieze of the Parthenon to his Friends ( 1868 ) by Lawrence Alma-Tadema | Sir Lawrence Alma-TademaPhidias, or The Great Pheidias ( in Ancient Greek, ; circa 480 – 430 BC ), was a Greek sculptor, painter and architect, who lived in the 5th century BC, and is commonly regarded as one of the greatest of all sculptors of Classical Greece: Phidias ' Statue of Zeus at Olympia was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
Things considered to be wonders of the world include several statues, with the Colossus of Rhodes and the Statue of Zeus at Olympia among the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World and the Moai of Easter Island considered for inclusion in various lists of wonders of the modern world.
Franklin D. Roosevelt ’ s four freedoms in Europe at the end of World War II, young people behind the Iron Curtain listening to radio Free Europe, Chinese students symbolizing their protests in Tienanmen Square by creating a replica of the Statue of Liberty, newly liberated Afghans in 2001 asking for a copy of the Bill of Rights and young Iranians today surreptitiously watching banned American videos and satellite television broadcasts in the privacy of their homes.
Examples of landmarks featured in the original SC3K include the Parthenon, the CN Tower, Notre Dame, the Bank of China Tower, the Empire State Building, the Pharos of Alexandria and the Twin Towers of the World Trade Center with each tower a separate building, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower, and even the Fernsehturm TV Tower in Berlin.
The statue had been taken away during the Second World War from Statue Square at Chater Road, Central.
From FIA Statue # 17: " The Senate takes the decisions required by the management of the FIA when circumstances do not permit a meeting of the Committee or of the World Councils, especially in cases of emergency ; decisions thus taken must be confirmed during the next meeting of the Committee or of the relevant World Council.
The site, administered by the National Park Service, is listed as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ( joining only three other U. S. man-made monuments still in use, the others being the Statue of Liberty, Pueblo de Taos, and the combined site of the University of Virginia and Monticello ).
File: DavidLondon. JPG | Statue of David commemorating the dead of the Machine Gun Corps in World War I
* Doughboy Statue, honoring Furman students who served in World War I
Peters ( left ) as part of the World Cup Sculpture | Champions Statue, Newham, London
A widely circulated story holds that the word gadget was " invented " when Gaget, Gauthier & Cie, the company behind the repoussé construction of the Statue of Liberty ( 1886 ), made a small-scale version of the monument and named it after their firm ; however this contradicts the evidence that the word was already used before in nautical circles, and the fact that it did not become popular, at least in the USA, until after World War I.
The Downtown Skyline features various skyscrapers such as the World Trade Center, Sears Tower, Chrysler Building, Empire State Building, IDS Center, MetLife Building, Sydney Opera House, the Hollywood sign, the Golden Gate Bridge, the Fernsehturm Berlin, Big Ben, Red Square, the Statue of Liberty, the Eiffel Tower and many other landmarks.
* Edgar James Banks, The Oldest Statue in the World, The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, Vol.
The collegiate structure, the immediate area around it, and Jefferson's nearby home at Monticello combine to form one of only three modern man-made sites in the United States to be internationally protected and preserved as a World Heritage Site by UNESCO ( the other two are the Statue of Liberty and Independence Hall ).
New governments have also been added to the game, Feudalism and Fascism, and new Wonders of the World such as the Statue of Zeus and the Mausoleum of Mausollos.

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