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EMBLEMATICS TOWERS OF THE WORLD
(Written by Gustavo Muñoz Orozco)
T She holds a torch above her head with her
here are a lot of towers around the
world, many of them with a
right hand, and in her left hand carries
specific use, some others, just to
provide an icon to the city or country which a tabula ansata inscribed in Roman
numerals with "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI"
they represent. (July 4, 1776), the date of the U.S.
Declaration of Independence. A broken
Here you will find three of the most
chain lies at her feet. The statue became
emblematic towers for the city and country
an icon of freedom and of the United
which they are standing on.
States, and was a welcoming sight to
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty immigrants arriving from abroad.
Enlightening the
The Empire
World;
State
French: La
Building is a
Liberté éclairant
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le monde) is a
story ArtDeco skyscraper in Miqdtown
colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Manhattan, New York City. Designed
Island in New York Harbor in New York by Shreve, Lamb & Harmon and
City, in the United States. The copper completed in 1931, the building has a roof
statue, a gift from the people of France to height of 1,250 feet (380 m) and stands a
the people of the United States, was total of 1,454 feet (443.2 m) tall, including
designed by French sculptor Frédéric its antenna. Its name is derived from
Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave "Empire State", the nickname of New
Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on York. As of 2017 the building is the 5th-
October 28, 1886. tallest completed sqkyscraper in the
United States and the 28th-tallest in the
The Statue of Liberty is a figure of world. It is also the 6th-tallest freestanding
a robed woman representing Libertad, a structure in the Americas.
Roman liberty goddess.
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