Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture of a robed and crowned woman on , part of , in . The copper-clad statue, a gift to the United States from the people of France, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, and its metal framework built by Gustave Eiffel.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Artwork type: statue
  • Description: monument in New York
  • Also known as: “A liberdade Iluminando O Mundo”, “A libertà chè illumina u mondu”, “Askatasuna, mundua argitzen”, “Cê̤ṳ-iù gì guŏng ciéu sié-gái”, “Chū-iû ê kng chiō sè-kài”, “Chū-iû Sîn-siōng”, “La Estatua de la Libertad iluminando al mundo”, “La libertà che illumina il mondo”, “La libertad ilumina el mundo”, “La Liberté”, “La Liberté éclairant le monde”, “Lady Liberty”, “Liberty Enlightening the World”, “Liberty Statue”, “Statue o Liberty”, “The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World”, “Wolność opromieniająca świat”, “Свободата, осветяваща света”, “Ազատությունը, որ լուսավորում է աշխարհը”, “الحرية تنير العالم”, “स्टैचू आफ लिबर्टी”, “સ્વતંત્રતાની મૂર્તિ”, “స్టాట్యూ ఆఫ్ లిబర్టీ”, “เทพีเสรีภาพ”, “ເທພີເສລີພາບ”, and “世界を照らす自由”
  • Postal code: 10004
  • Inscription: “Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost, to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door !”
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights: Ellis Island and Statue of Liberty Museum.

Islet
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is an island in , within the U.S. states of and .

Museum
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The is located on in . is situated 760 feet northwest of Statue of Liberty.

Museum
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is situated 3,900 feet north of Statue of Liberty.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Communipaw and Red Hook.

Village
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is a neighborhood in in , in the U.S. state of . is situated 1½ miles northwest of Statue of Liberty.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood in western … is situated 2 miles southeast of Statue of Liberty.

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood and planned… is situated 2 miles northeast of Statue of Liberty.

Statue of Liberty

Latitude
40.68924° or 40° 41′ 21″ north
Longitude
-74.04454° or 74° 2′ 40″ west
Elevation
7 feet (2 metres)
Established
October 28th, 1886
Height
33 feet (10 metres)
Roof shape
flat
Wheelchair access
limited
Operator
National Park Service
Open location code
87G7MXQ4+M5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 32965412
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
artwork_type=­statue
Geo­Names ID
5139572
Wiki­data ID
Q9202
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Statue of Liberty” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Vryheidstandbeeld”
  • Albanian: “Statuja e Lirisë”
  • Amharic: “የአርነት ሐውልት”
  • Arabic: “تمثال الحرية”
  • Aragonese: “Estatua d’a Libertat”
  • Armenian: “Ազատության արձան”
  • Assamese: “ষ্টেচু অফ লিবাৰ্টি”
  • Asturian: “Estatua de la Llibertá”
  • Azerbaijani: “Azadlıq heykəli”
  • Balinese: “Patung Liberty”
  • Bashkir: “Азатлыҡ статуяһы”
  • Basque: “Askatasunaren estatua”
  • Basque: “Askatasunaren Estatua”
  • Belarusian: “Статуя Свабоды”
  • Bengali: “স্ট্যাচু অব লিবার্টি”
  • Bhojpuri: “स्टैच्यू ऑफ लिबर्टी”
  • Bosnian: “Kip slobode”
  • Breton: “Delwenn ar Frankiz”
  • Bulgarian: “Статуя на свободата”
  • Bulgarian: “Статуя на Свободата”
  • Burmese: “လစ်ဘာတီ ရုပ်တု”
  • Catalan: “estàtua de la Llibertat”
  • Catalan: “Estàtua de la Llibertat”
  • Central Bikol: “Estatuwa nin Katalingkasan”
  • Central Bikol: “Estatwa nin Katalingkasan”
  • Central Kurdish: “پەیکەری ئازادی”
  • Chechen: “Маршон Статуя”
  • Chechen: “Маршон хӀоллам”
  • Chinese: “美国自由女神像”
  • Chinese: “自由女神”
  • Chinese: “自由女神像”
  • Chuvash: “Ирӗклӗх статуйи”
  • Cornish: “Delow an Frankedh”
  • Corsican: “Statua di a Libertà”
  • Crimean Tatar: “Azatlıq eykeli”
  • Croatian: “Kip slobode”
  • Czech: “socha Svobody”
  • Czech: “Socha Svobody”
  • Danish: “Frihedsgudinden”
  • Dimli (individual language): “Heykelê Xoseriye”
  • Dutch: “Vrijheidsbeeld”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال الحريه”
  • Esperanto: “Statuo de Libereco”
  • Estonian: “Vabadussammas”
  • Faroese: “Frælsisgudinnan”
  • Fiji Hindi: “Statue of Liberty”
  • Finnish: “Vapaudenpatsas”
  • French: “statue de la Liberté”
  • French: “Statue de la Liberté”
  • Galician: “Estatua da Liberdade”
  • Gan Chinese: “自由女神像”
  • Georgian: “თავისუფლების ქანდაკება”
  • German: “Freiheitsstatue”
  • Greek: “Άγαλμα της ελευθερίας”
  • Greek: “Άγαλμα της Ελευθερίας”
  • Guarani: “Sãso Retera’ãnga”
  • Guarani: “Sãso Tetera’ãnga”
  • Gujarati: “સ્ટેચ્યુ ઑફ લિબર્ટી”
  • Haitian: “Estati libète a”
  • Hawaiian: “Kii o ke Kuokoa”
  • Hebrew: “פסל החירות”
  • Hindi: “स्टैचू ऑफ लिबर्टी”
  • Hindi: “स्टैचू ऑफ़ लिबर्टी”
  • Hungarian: “Szabadság-szobor”
  • Icelandic: “Frelsisstyttan”
  • Ido: “Statuo di Libereso”
  • Inari Sami: “Rijjâvuođâpääcis”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Libertas”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Liberty”
  • Interlingua: “Statua del Libertate”
  • Irish: “Dealbh na Saoirse”
  • Italian: “Statua della Libertà”
  • Japanese: “自由の女神像”
  • Javanese: “Reca Liberty”
  • Kabiyè: “Pɛyɛɛ caɣʋ sɩʋkpelaɣ”
  • Kabyle: “Asebdad n Tlelli”
  • Kannada: “ಸ್ವಾತಂತ್ರ್ಯದ ಪ್ರತಿಮೆ”
  • Kazakh: “Азаттық мүсіні”
  • Kazakh: “Бостандық ескерткіші”
  • Khmer: “រូបសំណាក​សេរីភាព”
  • Kirghiz: “Эркиндик Мунарасы”
  • Kirghiz: “Эркиндик статуясы”
  • Kölsch: “Freiheitsstatu”
  • Korean: “자유의 여신상”
  • Kotava: “Nuyuca koafisa va tamava”
  • Kurdish: “Peykera Azadiyê”
  • Kurdish: “Peykerê Azadiyê”
  • Lao: “ອະນຸສາວະລີເທພີເສລີພາບ”
  • Latin: “Statua Libertatis”
  • Latvian: “Brīvības statuja”
  • Ligurian: “Statua da Libertæ”
  • Limburgan: “Vriejheidsbeeld”
  • Lingala: “Ekeko ya bonsomi”
  • Literary Chinese: “自由女神像”
  • Lithuanian: “Laisvės statula”
  • Low German: “Frieheidsstatue”
  • Luxembourgish: “Fräiheetsstatu”
  • Macedonian: “Статуа на Слободата”
  • Malagasy: “Sarivongan’ ny Fahafahana”
  • Malagasy: “Sarivongan’ny Fahafahana”
  • Malay: “Patung Liberty”
  • Malayalam: “സ്റ്റാച്യൂ ഓഫ് ലിബർട്ടി”
  • Maltese: “Statwa tal-Libertà”
  • Marathi: “स्वातंत्र्यदेवतेचा पुतळा”
  • Mazanderani: “آزادی موجستمه”
  • Min Dong Chinese: “Cê̤ṳ-iù Nṳ̄-sìng-chiông”
  • Min Nan Chinese: “Chū-iû Lú-sîn-siōng”
  • Mongolian: “Эрх чөлөөний хөшөө”
  • Nepali: “स्ट्याच्यु अफ लिबर्टी”
  • Northern Sami: “Friddjavuođabázzi”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Frihetsgudinnen”
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: “Fridomsgudinna”
  • Norwegian: “Frihetsgudinnen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Estatua de la Libertat”
  • Panjabi: “ਸਟੈਚੂ ਆਫ਼ ਲਿਬਰਟੀ”
  • Papiamento: “Estatua di Libertad”
  • Pennsylvania German: “Freiheitsstatue”
  • Persian: “تندیس آزادی”
  • Persian: “مجسمه آزادی”
  • Piemontese: “Statua dla Libertà”
  • Polish: “Statua Wolności”
  • Portuguese: “Estátua da Liberdade”
  • Pushto: “د ازادۍ مجسمه”
  • Romanian: “Statuia Libertății din New York”
  • Romanian: “Statuia Libertății”
  • Russian: “Статуя Свободы”
  • Rusyn: “Статуя Слободы”
  • Sakizaya: “lihalayay a sasing nu tatayna a dungi”
  • Samogitian: “Liousībės statola”
  • Sardinian: “Istàtua de sa Libertade”
  • Scots: “Statue o Leeberty”
  • Serbian: “Кип слободе”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kip slobode”
  • Sicilian: “Statua dâ Libbirtà”
  • Sindhi: “آزادي جو مجسمو”
  • Slovak: “Socha slobody”
  • Slovak: “Socha Slobody”
  • Slovenian: “Kip svobode”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آزادلیق موجسمه‌سی”
  • South Azerbaijani: “آزادلیق هئیکلی”
  • Spanish: “Estatua de la Libertad”
  • Standard Moroccan Tamazight: “ⴰⵙⴼⵔⵉⵙ ⵏ ⵜⵍⴻⵍⵍⵉ”
  • Sundanese: “Patung Liberty”
  • Swahili: “Sanamu ya Uhuru”
  • Swedish: “Frihetsgudinnan”
  • Swiss German: “Freiheitsstatue”
  • Tagalog: “Estatwa ng Kalayaan”
  • Tajik: “Муҷассамаи Озодӣ”
  • Tamil: “சுதந்திரச் சிலை”
  • Tamil: “விடுதலைச் சிலை”
  • Tatar: “Азатлык сыны”
  • Telugu: “స్వేచ్ఛా ప్రతిమ”
  • Thai: “อนุสาวรีย์เทพีเสรีภาพ”
  • Tibetan: “རང་དབང་ལྷ་མོའི་འདྲ་བརྙན།”
  • Turkish: “Özgürlük Heykeli”
  • Turkmen: “Azatlyk heýkeli”
  • Udmurt: “Эрико статуя”
  • Ukrainian: “Статуя Свободи”
  • Urdu: “مجسمہ آزادی”
  • Uzbek: “Ozodlik haykali”
  • Uzbek: “Ozodlik Haykali”
  • Venetian: “Statua de ła libartà”
  • Venetian: “Stàtua de ła Libartà”
  • Veps: “Joudjuden kuvapatsaz”
  • Veps: “Joudjuden statui”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng Nữ thần Tự do”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Estatuwa han Libertad”
  • Welsh: “Cerflun Rhyddid”
  • Western Armenian: “Ազատութեան արձան”
  • Western Armenian: “Ազատութեան Արձանը”
  • Western Frisian: “Frijheidsbyld”
  • Western Panjabi: “ازادی بتی”
  • Western Panjabi: “مجسمہ آزادی”
  • Wu Chinese: “自由女神像”
  • Yiddish: “סטאטוע פון ליבערטי”
  • Yoruba: “Ère Òmìnira”
  • Yue Chinese: “自由神像”
  • “kiwen jan pi ken ale”
  • “Statue of Liberty”
  • “स्टैच्यू ऑफ लिबर्टी”

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Places to explore: Liggett Terrace and Colonels Row.

Nearby Places

Places to explore: Screening Building and Building the Statue of Liberty.

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