Liberty Enlightening the World (French: La liberté éclairant le monde), known more commonly as the Statue of Liberty (Statue de la Liberté), was presented to the United States by the people of France in 1886. It stands at Liberty Island (part of New York but physically on the New Jersey side of the New York Harbor) as a welcome to all visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans. The copper patina-clad statue, dedicated on October 28, 1886, commemorates the centennial of the United States and is a gesture of friendship from France to the U.S. Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi sculpted the statue and obtained a U.S. patent useful for raising construction funds through the sale of miniatures. Alexandre Gustave Eiffel (designer of the Eiffel Tower) engineered the internal structure. Eugène Viollet-le-Duc was responsible for the choice of copper in the statue's construction and adoption of the repoussé technique.
美國的自由神像（Statue of Liberty，Statue de la liberté），又稱「自由照耀世界」（英語：Liberty Enlightening the World，法語：Liberté éclairant le monde），是法國在1876年贈送給美國的獨立100週年禮物。美國的自由神像位於美國新澤西州澤西市哈德遜河口附近，是雕像所在的美國自由島的重要觀光景點。 |
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