Statue_of_Liberty,_NY.jpg
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This is an image of a place or building that is listed on the
National Register of Historic Places
in the
United States of America
. Its reference number is
66000058
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Description Statue of Liberty, NY.jpg |
English:
Statue of Liberty
(more formally,
Liberty Enlightening the World
, and more colloquially,
Lady Liberty
) is a structure located on
Liberty Island
in
New York Harbor
, presented to the
United States
on the
centennial
of the signing of the
American Declaration of Independence
as a gift from
France
. It was designed by
Frédéric Bartholdi
and gets its green coloring from
patination
of the outer
copper
covering. The statue is world-renowned for being the first thing sea-borne visitors, immigrants, and returning Americans see upon entering New York Harbor and has been known as a beacon of freedom to much of the world. It earned
UNESCO World Heritage Site
status in 1984.
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Date | Taken on 13 November 2007, 12:34:00 | |||
Source | originally posted to Flickr as Statue of Liberty | |||
Author | William Warby | |||
Permission
( Reusing this file ) |
This file is licensed under the
Creative Commons
Attribution 2.0 Generic
license.
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Camera location | 40° 41′ 17″ N, 74° 02′ 30″ W | View this and other nearby images on: OpenStreetMap | 40.688056; -74.041667 |
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