The iconic Statue of Liberty, symbol of freedom and founding ideals of the United States, was collaboration of art and engineering inspired by French law professor, politician, and abolitionist Édouard René de Laboulaye. Laboulaye proposed "any monument raised to American independence would properly be a joint project of the French and American peoples." Wikipedia excerpt:
The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, designed by Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, a French sculptor, built by Gustave Eiffel (French civil engineer of Eiffel Tower fame), and dedicated on October 28, 1886, was a gift to the United States from the people of France.
The statue is of a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess, who bears a torch and a tabula ansata (a tablet evoking the law) upon which is inscribed the date of the American Declaration of Independence, July 4, 1776. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue is an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.(https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty#)
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