A French “sister” of the Statue of Liberty leaves for the United States

The work is based on a 3D digitization of a plaster model from 1878, used by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to build the Statue of Liberty, donated by France to the United States in 1886.

A French “sister” of the Statue of Liberty in New York left for the United States, world agencies report.

The scale model of the sculpture is bronze, with a height of 2.83 meters. It was leased for 10 years to the French Embassy in the United States by the National Conservatory of Arts and Crafts. Since 2011, the statue has been at the entrance of the Museum of Arts and Crafts in Paris.

The work is based on a 3D digitization of a plaster model from 1878, used by sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi to build the Statue of Liberty, donated by France to the United States in 1886 on the occasion of the centenary of their independence and became a of the symbols of the country. Gustave Eiffel, the creator of the Eiffel Tower, was also involved in the design of the internal structure of the monument.

The French little “sister” of the Statue of Liberty is transported in a sarcophagus, which is placed in a container equipped with a device for geolocation, ensuring that the container is closed and for temperature control. The transportation of the statue is financed by the French shipping company CMEM.

The voyage began in Le Havre on June 19-21 aboard the ship Tosca.

The statue will first be unveiled in New York, where it will be displayed on Ellis Island for the American national holiday on July 4, not far from Liberty Island, where the Statue of Liberty is located. The trip will end with the unveiling of the sister-in-law monument in the garden of the residence of the French ambassador to the United States in Washington on July 14 on the occasion of the French national holiday.

The larger version of the Statue of Liberty was donated to the United States by France. It was completed in 1886. The new one is 16 times smaller than the original. Also designed by Frederic Auguste Bartholdi in 1878, “The Statue of Liberty is precious to all Americans, and especially to me as a child of immigrants and a child of New York, growing up looking at her face as part of welcoming newcomers to the United States. so once we open up after Kovid, it’s great that Lady Liberty will be one of the passengers to the United States, “said Liam Wesley of the US Embassy in France.

The statue will symbolize Franco-American friendship and will arrive in America 135 years after the original was unveiled in New York. She is already on her way to her final destination.