The Statue of Liberty was sculpted between 1875 and 1884 under the direction of French sculptor, who began drafting designs in 1870. Bartholdi and his team hammered roughly 31 tons of copper sheets onto a steel frame. Before being mounted on its current pedestal, the statue stood over 151 feet (46 metres) tall and weighed 225 tons.

Statue of Liberty facts 1. The statue’s full name is Liberty Enlightening the World. 2. It was a gift from France, given to America in 1886. 3. The head of the statue was displayed at the World's Fair in Paris in 1878.

From the very beginning, The USA's Statue of Liberty was intended to be a symbol of freedom. Conceived by French intellectual Édouard de Laboulaye in 1865, Lady Liberty remains one the of most iconic monuments in the world and remains a beacon of hope to this day. Here are 10 amazing facts that shed a little light on the American icon.

On June 17, 1885, 200,000 people lined the docks of lower Manhattan to watch the French steamer Isère carry the Statue of Liberty into New York Harbor. More than 130 years later, join us in celebrating the coming of a national icon with this colossal roundup of trivia.

The Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World; French: La Liberté éclairant le monde) is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, within New York City.

FAST FACTS • The statue sways 3 inches (7.62 centimeters) in the wind; the torch sways 5 inches (12.7 centimeters). • Visitors climb 354 steps (22 stories) to look out from 25 windows in the crown. • The statue—151 feet, 1 inch (46 meters, 2.5 centimeters) tall—was the tallest structure in the U.S. at that time.

But Matt Housch, an archivist and historian at the National Park Service, and more specifically the Statue of Liberty National Monument, told Thrillist that many of the fun facts floating around don’t tell the full story—and many aren’t even true.

The Statue of Liberty was a joint effort between France and the United States, intended to commemorate the lasting friendship between the peoples of the two nations.

"The Statue of Liberty Enlightening the World" was a gift of friendship from the people of France to the United States and is recognized as a universal symbol of freedom and democracy. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886. It was designated as a National Monument in 1924.