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Statue of Liberty Liberty Enlightening the World The Statue of Liberty (orginally Liberty Enlightening the World) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor in New York City, in the United States. The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States, was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel. The statue was dedicated on October 28, 1886. 自由女神像又名自由照耀世界，是一座位于美国纽约曼哈顿纽约港的巨型新古典主义塑像，由弗里德利·奥古斯特·巴特勒迪设计，1886年10月28日落成，是法国送给美国的礼物。 The Statue of Liberty is a robed female figure representing Libertas, the Roman goddess. She holds a torch above her head, and in her left arm carries a tabula ansata inscribed 'July 4, 1776', the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence. A broken chain lies at her feet. The statue became an icon of freedom and of the United States, and was a welcoming sight to immigrants arriving from abroad.
塑像主要由一位身穿长袍的女性人物构成，代表罗马神话中的自主神，她右手高举火炬、左手的册子上写有美国独立宣言的签署日期：1776年7月4日，脚下还有断裂的锁链。这座塑像是自由和美国的象征，是对外来移民的欢迎信号。 Bartholdi was inspired by French law professor and politician Édouard René de Laboulaye, who is said to have commented in 1865 that any monument raised to U.S. independence would properly be a joint project of the French and U.S. peoples. Due to the post-war instability in France, work on the statue did not commence until the early 1870s. In 1875, Laboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue and the U.S. would provide the site and build the pedestal. 法国法学教授和政治家爱德华·勒内·德·拉沃拉叶曾于1865年表示，法国和美国人民应该共同制作美国独立的纪念品。巴特勒迪正是因为受到拉沃拉叶的启发而开始设计这座塑像。由于法国战后的不稳定，塑像的建造工作于70年代初才展开。1875年，拉沃拉叶提出法国为塑像注资，美国则提供场地并建造底座。
The torch-bearing arm was displayed at the Centennial Exposition in Philadelphia in 1876, and in Madison Square Park in Manhattan from 1876 to 1882. Fundraising proved difficult, especially for the Americans, and by 1885 work on the pedestal was threatened due to lack of funds. Publisher Joseph Pulitzer of the New York World started a drive for donations to complete the project that attracted more than 120,000 contributors, most of whom gave less than a dollar. 1876年，神像举起火炬的手臂在费城百年博览会展出，之后再在纽约麦迪逊广场展出至1882年。筹款的进展非常缓慢，其中又以美国为甚，到1885年时，底座建设仍受到缺乏资金的威胁。《纽约世界报》出版商约瑟夫·普立兹发起捐款完成这一项目的倡议，吸引了超过12万人捐助，不过大部分捐献金额都不到1美元。
The statue's completion was marked by New York's first ticker-tape parade and a dedication ceremony presided over by President Grover Cleveland.The statue was administered by the United States Lighthouse Board until 1901 and then by the Department of War; since 1933 it has been maintained by the National Park Service. Public access to the balcony surrounding the torch has been barred for safety reasons since 1916.
塑像完成之际，纽约举行了历史上首次纸带游行，总统格罗弗·克利夫兰主持落成仪式。其后由于翻新、修复、安全方面原因，塑像进行了多次关闭，并且火炬周围的阳台自1916年起就不再面向公众开放。 近期学习推荐： |
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