The explosion also damaged the Statue of Liberty, blasting shrapnel at the arm and torch. At that time ... Subscribe to our free newsletter for access to the world's best-kept travel secrets.

Made in Paris by the French sculptor Bartholdi, in collaboration with Gustave Eiffel (who was responsible for the steel framework), this towering monument to liberty ... torch. Édouard René de ...

The statue was a gift of friendship to America from France. Inaugurated in 1886, it represents Libertas, the Roman liberty goddess, bearing a torch in her right hand and a tablet in her left hand ...