Heaviest statue

The Statue of Liberty, a gift from France commemorating liberty and friendship with the United States, weighs a total of 24,635.5 tonnes (27,156 tons), of which 28.1 tonnes (31 tons) are copper, 113.4 tonnes (125 tons) are steel and 24,494 tonnes (27,000 tons) makes up the concrete foundation.

Standing 46.05 m (151 ft 1 in)from base to torch, it was made by sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi, base architect Richard Morris Hunt and engineer Alexandre Gustave Eiffel.

'Liberty Lighting the World' was delivered to New York in 1885 by the French frigate "Isere" in 350 individual pieces.

The concrete base was built at Fort Wood, USA and dates from 1811.

Inside there are 354 steps to reach the crown or 192 steps to reach the top of the pedestal.

There are 25 windows in the crown which symbolize 25 gemstones found in the earth.

The seven rays of the Statue's crown represent the seven seas (Arctic, Antarctic, North and South Atlantic, North and South Pacific, Indian) and continents (North and South America, Europe, Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia) of the world.

From ground to tip of torch she stands 92.99 m (305 ft 1 in).

Her vital statistics include - length of nose: 1.48 m (2 ft 6 in), heel to top of head: 33.86 m (111 ft 1 in), waist: 10.67 m (35 ft) andindex finger: 2.44 m (8 ft).