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The Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty ( Statue of Liberty , in English, Statue de la Liberté , in In 1984 it was declared a
French) , was presented by the people of France to the city of New York , to mark World Heritage Site by

the centenary of the independence of the United States in 1886 , and as a token UNESCO and is probably the
of appreciation for US assistance in the Franco- Prussian war of the nineteenth best known monument in the
century. United States and also one of
15 It is considered the most expensive gift in history. The statue is located on the best knownof the World.

Liberty Island in the Hudson River, south of Manhattan. The statue represents
freedom , basically , the
independence of the United
States, but is also a symbol of
the republican regime .
The statue also was

nominated to be one of the
New Seven Wonders of the
World .