Italeri Of Liberty: World Architecture (Statue) 68002

STATUE OF LIBERTY: WORLD ARCHITECTURE100% NEW MOULDSEasy assembled model kit with an interlocking techniqueThe box includes also the plastic parts for realizing the statue and Reference LeafletInside the Reference Leaflet with historical features, instruction and color indicationThe Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, designed by Frdric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, was built by Gustave Eiffel and dedicated on October 28, 1886. It was a gift to the United States from the people of France. The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.