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    Where was the original slated site for the Statue of Liberty?

    Question #68118. Asked by mzritchie74. (Jul 11 06 7:27 PM)


    What-A-Mess

    		I find nothing but Fort Wood Walls AKA Bedloes Island AKA Liberty Island.

    Jul 11 06, 11:08 PM
    gdec1

    		French sculptor Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was commissioned to design a sculpture with the year 1876 in mind for completion. The statue was to be placed in Port Said and was designed as "Egypt carrying the light into Asia". The inspiration came from the giant statues at Abu Simbel. The project would have gone further if Khedive Ismail, the Ottoman viceroy of Egypt at that time, hadn't deemed it too expensive, though the advance payment was settled by the Ottoman Empire.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_Liberty

    Jul 12 06, 8:32 AM
    yumchicken

    		Why not read the following website. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue_of_liberty

    Jul 12 06, 9:24 AM
    What-A-Mess

    		Interesting. Another fact left out by the teachers of "American History".

    Jul 12 06, 11:02 AM

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