The Statue of Liberty and the Eiffel Tower.
What do they have in common❓
Some common facts about these monuments:
🇫🇷 both were built in France.
⚒️ they have an iron structure.
📸 these monuments participated in world expositions
🙌 they became icons in their cities.
Some additional facts about The Statue and the expected common element of people:
📍 Full name: “Liberty Enlightening the World”
📍 Its green color came to stay after the original brown. This phenomenon is known as patina, the oxidation of copper.
📍 It weighs 255 tons, measures 93 meters (from its base), and was brought from France in parts (350 pieces) to be assembled on Bedloe Island (now known as Liberty Island).
📍 The poem The New Colossus is the inscription on its base.
(You will find the complete poem in the comments).
And the last piece of information, which is the common element:
🎯 🎯 🎯 Sculptor: Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi, who had Gustave Eiffel on his team.
This fact is interesting because Eiffel worked first on building the Statue of Liberty and years later on the Tower (between 1887 and 1889). During his career, he developed works with innovative techniques for bridges and other structures.
This case reflects how ecosystems can work:
We can connect with people to pool our efforts and talents to achieve shared purposes.
You will find additional information in the comments:
📚 Documentary with the history of the construction of the Statue of Liberty.
📚 History of the Eiffel Tower.
📚 Biography of Gustave Eiffel
📚 Biography of Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi.
📚 Facts about the Statue of Liberty.
📚 Poem The New Colossus by Emma Lazarus (1883)
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