Who designed the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the United States?

Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi designed the Statue of Liberty, a symbol of the United States.

Bartholdi was a French sculptor who created the statue officially titled Liberty Enlightening the World. The monument was a gift from the people of France to the United States and was intended to celebrate liberty, democracy, and the friendship between the two countries.

Gustave Eiffel, best known for the Eiffel Tower, designed the statue’s internal iron framework, but he was not its sculptor. Édouard de Laboulaye, a French historian and abolitionist, helped inspire the project and promoted the idea of a monument honoring American liberty.

The statue was dedicated in New York Harbor on October 28, 1886. Its tablet carries the Roman-numeral date July 4, 1776, linking the monument directly to the Declaration of Independence. The broken chains beneath Liberty’s feet refer to emancipation, while the torch represents enlightenment and freedom.