One of the largest statues every made was built in France. It was shipped across the Atlantic Ocean as a gift to the people of the United States. Most people call it the Statue of Liberty, although that's only it's nickname. It's real name is,
Liberty Enlightening the World.
It is on Liberty Island
in New York Harbor.
The robed lady stands for liberty, and she holds a torch above her head.

The Statue stands 151 feet tall.
Her right arm holds a torch 315 feet above the pedestal. The torch represents Liberty shedding her light over all. The left arm holds a tablet with the date of the Declaration of Independence. The seven spikes of the crown stand for liberty shining across the seven continents.

If you visit Liberty Island, you can climb a spiral stairway inside the statue and look out window in the crown. At night, lights in the torch make it look as if it is burning.

Frederic Auguste Bartholdi was the man who designed the Statue of Liberty. To make the statue, huge sheets of copper were hammered into shape and put together over an iron framework.

The Statue was extensively restored in time for her spectacular centennial on July 4, 1986.
On the pedestal is a plaque on which is printed the following poem by Emma Lazarus:

"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore,
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me.
I lift my lamp beside the golden door."

It inspired millions of people to immigrate to the United States

Source:National Geographic