🗊Презентация The Statue of Liberty

Completed students:Kaldarbekova Aizat Zholdasova Ayana

The goddess of freedom holds a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left. The inscription on the tablet reads “English. JULY IV MDCCLXXVI ”(written in Roman numerals, date“ July 4, 1776 ”), this date is the day of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. With one foot, “Freedom” stands on broken chains. The goddess of freedom holds a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left. The inscription on the tablet reads “English. JULY IV MDCCLXXVI ”(written in Roman numerals, date“ July 4, 1776 ”), this date is the day of the adoption of the United States Declaration of Independence. With one foot, “Freedom” stands on broken chains.

The total weight of copper used for casting the statue is 31 tons, and the total weight of its steel structure is 125 tons. The total weight of the concrete base is 27 thousand tons. The thickness of the copper coating statues - 2.57 mm. The total weight of copper used for casting the statue is 31 tons, and the total weight of its steel structure is 125 tons. The total weight of the concrete base is 27 thousand tons. The thickness of the copper coating statues - 2.57 mm. The height from the ground to the tip of the torch is 93 meters, including the base and the pedestal. The height of the statue itself, from the top of the pedestal to the torch is 46 meters. The statue was built from thin sheets of copper minted in wooden forms. Formed sheets were then installed on a steel frame.

Creating a statue The statue was commissioned by French sculptor Frederik Auguste Bartholdi. She thought as a gift for the centenary of the Declaration of Independence in 1876. According to one version, Bartholdi even had a French model: a beautiful, recently widowed Isabella Boyer, the wife of Isaac Singer, the creator and entrepreneur in the field of sewing machines.

Statue as a cultural monument The story of the Statue of Liberty and the island on which it stands is a story of change. The US lighthouse service was responsible for servicing the statue until 1901. After 1901 this mission was entrusted to the military department. The presidential decree of October 15, 1924, Fort Wood (and the statue on its territory) was declared a national monument.

September 7, 1937 the area of ​​the national monument was increased September 7, 1937 the area of ​​the national monument was increased The island of Bedlow in 1956 was renamed the Island of Liberty. May 11, 1965 Ellis Island became part of the National Statue of Liberty Memorial In May 1982, President Ronald Reagan commissioned Lee Iacocca to lead the private sector movement to restore the Statue of Liberty. In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List. July 5, 1986 the end of the restoration

«Freedom "in other cities In Paris. Museum of Arts and Crafts Luxembourg Garden In the eastern part of Swan Island - a narrow artificial dam on the Seine near the Eiffel Tower On the banks of the Seine, on the bridge of Alma is a copy of the torch of the Statue of Liberty

Tokyo The Statue of Liberty is installed in Tokyo on the island of Odaiba.

Lviv The only sitting Statue of Liberty in the world is located in Lviv on the roof of the Museum of Ethnography and Arts Industry of the Institute of Ethnology of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine (In fact, this is not a statue of liberty, but a statue of thrift. The author is sculptor L.Markoni.

Uzhgorod The smallest statue of Liberty in the world, authored by sculptor Mikhail Kolodko and architect Alexander Bezik, is located in the city of Uzhgorod on the parapet of the Pedestrian Bridge, a 30 centimeter sculpture.

Moscow In the autumn of 1918, a 26-meter triangular obelisk appeared in Soviet square in honor of the Soviet constitution. The monument in June 1919 was supplemented with a statue of Liberty by Nikolai Andreev. The monument fell in love with Muscovites.  On April 22, 1941, a dilapidated monument was destroyed.