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Statue of Liberty

Monuments, Towers and Commemorative Structures

The Statue of Liberty, formally Liberty Enlightening the World, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, a gift from the people of France to the United States commemorating the two nations' alliance and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The copper-clad statue was designed by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, with the internal iron pylon and skeletal framework engineered by Gustave Eiffel, and depicts a robed female figure representing Libertas holding a torch aloft in her right hand and a tablet inscribed with the date of American independence in her left. The statue itself rises about 151 feet, and including its pedestal and foundation the whole monument reaches roughly 305 feet from ground to torch. It became a National Monument in 1924 and UNESCO inscribed it as a World Heritage Site in 1984.

Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Monument 1
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Liberty Island, New York City, United States 1
Completed Year
1886 2
Height (m)
46 1
Sourced to the subject's own accountHeight of the statue itself as designed by Bartholdi, from base to torch; the pedestal and pedestal-to-torch total are separate figures not given a single value in this pass.
Classification
Standing StatusSourced to the subject's own account
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Monument 1
Connections

Designed By

Eiffel designed the statue's internal metal framework; the sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi designed the statue itself and is not yet a live entity in this atlas.

Source Statue of Liberty (Wikipedia)

Has Building Type

Monument, Concepts

Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.

In Style

Source Statue of Liberty (Wikipedia)

Uses Element

Source Statue of Liberty (Wikipedia)
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1. Statue of Liberty (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • lead paragraph, first sentence, type clause
    is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman
  • lead paragraph, third sentence
    The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886.
  • Design section, height decision paragraph
    Bartholdi had decided on a height of just over 151 feet (46 m) for the statue
  • lead paragraph, first sentence, location clause
    on Liberty Island, part of New York City, in New York Harbor.
  • Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
    The Statue of Liberty, formally Liberty Enlightening the World, stands on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, a gift from the people of France to the United States commemorating the two nations' alliance and dedicated on October 28, 1886. The copper-clad statue was designed by the French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi, with the internal iron pylon and skeletal framework engineered by Gustave Eiffel, and depicts a robed female figure representing Libertas holding a torch aloft in her right hand and a tablet inscribed with the date of American independence in her left. The statue itself rises about 151 feet, and including its pedestal and foundation the whole monument reaches roughly 305 feet from ground to torch. It became a National Monument in 1924 and UNESCO inscribed it as a World Heritage Site in 1984.
  • Designed By: Gustave Eiffel, lead paragraph, second sentence
    its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel
  • In Style: Neoclassical Architecture, lead paragraph, first sentence, style clause
    is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman
  • Uses Element: Copper, Introduction
    The copper-clad statue
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2. Wikidata: Statue of Liberty
  • Wikidata Q9202, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)
  • Wikidata Q9202, P571 claim (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926)
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