TheStatueofLiberty(LibertyEnlighteningtheWorld,French:LaLibertééclairantlemonde)isacolossalneoclassicalsculptureonLibertyIslandinNewYorkHarbor,designedbyFrédéricBartholdianddedicatedonOctober28,1886.Thestatue,agifttotheUnitedStatesfromthepeopleofFrance,isofarobedfemalefigurerepresentingLibertas,theRomangoddessoffreedom,whobearsatorchandatabulaansata(atabletevokingthelaw)uponwhichisinscribedthedateoftheAmericanDeclarationofIndependence.Abrokenchainliesatherfeet.ThestatuehasbecomeaniconoffreedomandoftheUnitedStates. 　　BartholdiwasinspiredbyFrenchlawprofessorandpoliticianÉdouardRenédeLaboulaye,whocommentedin1865thatanymonumentraisedtoAmericanindependencewouldproperlybeajointprojectoftheFrenchandAmericanpeoples.DuetothetroubledpoliticalsituationinFrance,workonthestatuedidnotcommenceuntiltheearly1870s.In1875,LaboulayeproposedthattheFrenchfinancethestatueandtheAmericansprovidethepedestalandthesite.Bartholdicompletedboththeheadandthetorch-bearingarmbeforethestatuewasfullydesigned,andthesepieceswereexhibitedforpublicityatinternationalexpositions.ThearmwasdisplayedinNewYork'sMadisonSquareParkfrom1876to1882.Fundraisingproveddifficult,especiallyfortheAmericans,andby1885workonthepedestalwasthreatenedduetolackoffunds.PublisherJosephPulitzeroftheWorldinitiatedadrivefordonationstocompletetheproject,andthecampaigninspiredover120,000contributors,mostofwhomgavelessthanadollar.ThestatuewasconstructedinFrance,shippedoverseasincrates,andassembledonthecompletedpedestalonwhatwasthencalledBedloe'sIsland.Thestatue'scompletionwasmarkedbyNewYork'sfirstticker-tapeparadeandadedicationceremonypresidedoverbyPresidentGroverCleveland. 　　ThestatuewasadministeredbytheUnitedStatesLighthouseBoarduntil1901andthenbytheDepartmentofWar;since1933ithasbeenmaintainedbytheNationalParkService.Thestatuewasclosedforrenovationformuchof1938.Intheearly1980s,itwasfoundtohavedeterioratedtosuchanextentthatamajorrestorationwasrequired.Whilethestatuewasclosedfrom1984to1986,thetorchandalargepartoftheinternalstructurewerereplaced.AftertheSeptember11attacksin2001,itwasclosedforreasonsofsafetyandsecurity;thepedestalreopenedin2004andthestatuein2009,withlimitsonthenumberofvisitorsallowedtoascendtothecrown.Thestatueisscheduledtocloseforuptoayearbeginninginlate2011sothatasecondarystaircasecanbeinstalled.Publicaccesstothebalconysurroundingthetorchhasbeenbarredforsafetyreasonssince1916. 　　Location:LibertyIsland,NewYorkCity,NewYork,U.S. 　　Coordinates:x0540°41′21″N74°2′40″WCoordinates:40°41′21″N74°2′40″W 　　Built:x05October28,1886 　　Architect:x05FrédéricAugusteBartholdi 　　Visitation:x053.2million(in2007) 　　Governingbody:x05U.S.NationalParkService 　　UNESCOWorldHeritageSite 　　Type:x05Cultural 　　Criteria:x05i,vi 　　Designated:x051984(8thsession) 　　Reference#:x05307 　　StateParty:x05UnitedStates 　　Region:x05EuropeandNorthAmerica 　　U.S.NationalRegisterofHistoricPlaces 　　Officialname:StatueofLib