20 CURIOSITIES AND SECRETS ABOUT THE STATUE OF LIBERTY

1. The original name is “Liberty Enlightening the World”.

2. The colour has changed because it was red and now it’s green.
3. The Statue of Liberty has been copied in different sizes in different
countries of the world: France, United States, Argentina, Austria,
Germany, Italy, Japan, China. One of the smallest statues is in
Barcelona (in a library)
4. When there is a lot of wind, the statue tilts a little.
5. The crown of the statue has seven rays and twenty-five Windows.
6. The statue represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom.
7. The statue's face was said to be modelled on the sculptor's mother,
Charlotte.
8. Two images of the statue appear on a $10 bill.
9. The statue was intended for Egypt but the egypts rejected it
because they thought that it was too “old-fashioned”.
10. 300 different types of hammers were used to build the copper
structure.
11.The statue of Liberty receives approximately 600 rays each year.
12. Nowadays, there is a camera with direct views to the torch and
there are 40 stairs inside of the torch.
13. The torch isn’t open for the public because it was closed in 1916
because of an accident that it affected to the statue's torch.
14. The sculptor inspired in old roman coins to build this statue.
15.The Statue of Liberty has 354 stairs, it was sent in 350 pieces and
took 4 months to build it
16.There are two places in the pedestal of the statue: the museum of
immigration and the museum of the stature of freedom.
17. Its construction was paid for by donations, lotteries, miniature
replicas, opera concerts ...
18. The basis of the monument is a strong defence
19. David Copperfield, a magician and illusionist, “made disappear the
statue of liberty” on television
20. Some people think that the Statue of Liberty was a copy of the
statue built by a Spanish, Ponciano
Ponzano, in (1813-1877) because it
was built 30 years before and both
have many similarities.

WEBSITES

- http://www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/destinations/north-
america/united-states/new-york/articles/Statue-of-Liberty-50-
fascinating-facts/
- https://www.hotels.com/articles/ar015488/statue-liberty-fun-fact/
- http://blogs.20minutos.es/yaestaellistoquetodolosabe/el-dia-que-
david-copperfield-hizo-desaparecer-la-estatua-de-la-libertad/