All This Is That: A gift from our French friends: The Statue of Liberty in Paris, 1986

Friday, April 19, 2013

A gift from our French friends: The Statue of Liberty in Paris, 1986

By Jack Brummet, Franco-friend and Franco-phobe Ed.

The Statue of Liberty was built in Paris. It was designed by Frédéric Bartholdi, but actually built by none other than Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel ten years before he built his tower.

The statue was under construction for about eight years (1877-85), before it was disassembled, crated up, and shipped to New York.

There are three, much smaller, replicas of the statue in Paris.

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