A Noble Gift

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[00:14.97]Lesson 93
[00:16.84]A noble gift
[00:19.15]One of the most famous monuments in the world,the Statue of Liberty,
[00:23.93]was presented to the USA in the nineteenth century by the people of France.
[00:28.89]The great statue,which was designed by the sculptor Auguste Bartholdi,
[00:38.01]took ten years to complete.
[00:38.58]The actual figure was made of copper supported by a metal framework
[00:42.96]which had been especially constructed by Eiffel.
[00:46.50]Before it could be transported to the United States,
[00:50.09]a site had to be found for it and a pedestal had to be built.
[00:55.40]The site chosen was an island at the entrance of New York Harbour.
[01:00.48]By 1884,a statue which was 151 feet tall had been erected in Paris
[01:09.07]The following year, it was taken to pieces and sent to America.
[01:14.37]By the end of October 1886,the statue had been put together again
[01:20.23]and it was officially presented to American people by Bartholdi.
[01:25.09]Ever since then,the great monument has been a symbol of liberty
[01:29.65]for the millions of people who have passed through New York Harbour
[01:32.86]to make their homes in America.
 
Where was the Statue of Liberty made?