| The Statue of Liberty and Eiffel Tower are both | | | | influenced by the neoclassical artistic style of the 19th |
| wonders of the world. They are the iconic beauties of | | | | century. The idea to create a lady struck the minds of |
| America and France. Both are tall and huge structures | | | | a small group of French intellectuals at a dinner party. |
| and it is interesting to know that the famous "Statue of | | | | Their talks were focused on the close relations |
| Liberty" which is a well-loved symbol of hope and | | | | between France and America and the voices of the |
| peace that was gifted to the American people by | | | | guests expressed admiration and sympathy. |
| France. | | | | An interesting fact is that Gustav Eiffel who the |
| The Statue of Liberty is a statue of pale lady holding a | | | | creator of the famous Eiffel Tower was also the |
| torch with her one hand raised and the other hand | | | | engineer for Statue of Liberty's complex skeleton. He |
| holding a book close to her chest. The statue is | | | | wanted to build Eiffel Tower in the city of Barcelona in |
| located in New York. The Eiffel Tower stands as one | | | | Spain for the Universal Exposition in 1888. However |
| of the artistic beauties of Paris. It was designed by | | | | Barcelona thought that the tower was too expensive |
| architect named Gustav Eiffel and was originally built in | | | | and did not fit the style of the city. The city hall of |
| a three year time period from 1887 to 1889 for the | | | | Barcelona voted against the proposal ultimately |
| Exposition Universelle which is known as the World's | | | | sending Gustav Eiffel to submit his plans to the city of |
| Fair. It was specially held in Paris to commemorate the | | | | Paris. |
| birthday of the French Revolution which brought | | | | The height of the Statue of Liberty is 151 feet and 10 |
| democracy to France. | | | | inches. The Eiffel Tower has a total height of 1,063 |
| France had supported the Americans in their struggle | | | | feet which includes the antenna of 79 feet high that |
| of freedom from the British rule and a formidable | | | | was added years later. |
| friendship developed between both countries during | | | | Visitors can climb the Statue of Liberty to the balcony |
| the American Revolution. The French were admired | | | | around the torch with the help of a steel ladder. Eiffel |
| by this historical event of America's success of | | | | tower has three levels and it continues to be updated |
| establishing a democratic government. | | | | with new shops and restaurants and it has retained its |
| The appearance of Statue of Liberty was mainly | | | | essence from its initial days. |