The Statue of Liberty (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. 

The Statue of Liberty is a figure of a robed woman representing Libertas, a Roman goddess. She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a "tabula ansata" inscribed in Roman numerals with "JULY IV MDCCLXXVI" (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. 

Bartholdi was inspired by a 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 American peoples. Because of 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. provide the site and build the pedestal. Bartholdi completed the head and the torch-bearing arm before the statue was fully designed, and these pieces were exhibited for publicity at international expositions.
Who designed the Statue of Liberty?
What was he inspired by?
What was the statue made of?
Which country was it made for?
Did the U.S. order it to be built?
How did it come that they were given ownership then?
From whom?
Did France finance it?
What is it a figure of?
Who is she in likeness of?
Who is that?
Is she holding anything?
What?
How is she holding it?
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Is she holding anything with her left?
What?
What is it inscribed with?
What's the significance of them?
Who built the statue?
Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi
Libertas
Libertas
copper
The copper statue,
United States
 people of the United States
no
The copper statue, a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States
it was a gift
a gift from the people of France to the people of the United States
the people of France
a gift from the people of France 
yes
aboulaye proposed that the French finance the statue 
a robed woman
a figure of a robed woman
Libertas
Libertas, a Roman goddess
a Roman goddess
Libertas, a Roman goddess
yes
She holds a torch above her head with her right hand, and in her left hand carries a "tabula ansata"
a torch
She holds a torch 
above her head
a torch above her head 
right
 her right hand
yes
and in her left hand carries a "tabula ansata"
a "tabula ansata"
left hand carries a "tabula ansata
Roman numerals
inscribed in Roman numerals 
the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
the date of the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Gustave Eiffel
built by Gustave Eiffel