Crear
It was a gift of the people of France to the American people on the American Centennial in 1886.
was designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi and the massive iron skeleton of the lady was designed by Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.
Is 92 meters/305ft high and is made of a iron structure with copper skin.
It was built and completed in France in 1884.
The monument was then disassembled into 350 pieces and packed into 214 crates and shipped to New York.
It stands in the Hudson River facing New York City.