Colmar's spirituality comes from the city's canals, which meander like a gentle ribbon around a beautiful girl, and the small bridges of the canals are decorated with flowers at both ends, and the shutter is frozen at any point in the canal, which is an incomparably fresh picture. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

The best part of the river is the "Little Venice" (PetiteVenise).

Venice is really a deified term, as long as there is water, it will be associated with Venice.

Bamberg has the "Little Venice", Amsterdam is the "Venice of the North", Hamburg is the "Venice of the Nord", and Annecy is the "Venice of the Alps...... However, this Colmar "Little Venice" still has a bit of flavor.

The Little Venice district is located in Colmar, Alsace, France, and is known as "Little Venice" because of its rivers and beautiful cultural and natural scenery.

It is the most romantic area of Colmar. It is named for its canals and flower boats on its territory. From the bridge, you can see the reflection of the former boatman and laundry in the water, and the view is beautiful.

Enough of Colmar's water, it's time to talk about Colmar's soul building.

The 17th and 18th century Fachwerkhaus (wooden houses) in Colmar are the essence of the city.

The crooked houses, the wooden supports, and the lovely sloping spires are all features of German architecture that make you feel like you're in a familiar town in Germany.

And the strong aroma of coffee and French dinner on the side of the road makes people really smell the solid atmosphere of France.

The Statue of Liberty is the symbol of America, but France is her homeland.

Colmar is the hometown of Bartholdi, the author of the Statue of Liberty, and at the roundabout of Colmar, stands the Statue of Liberty of France. In the square of Colmar, there is also a statue symbolizing freedom and democracy.

A small French town that can bring the German architectural style to the extreme, this is Colmar, a French-German hybrid who is romantic to the grain.

No matter how times change, Colmar's intriguing history will continue to attract millions of visitors to experience the vicissitudes of time that flow through its veins.

Ye Chao stood in Colmar's square, admiring the beautiful ...... of the Statue of Liberty Chest, hey, then her face, her hands, her torch......

Lady Liberty is from this small town of Colmar and is the work of French artist Bartoledi, but she is in the United States and is world-famous.

Today, the Statue of Liberty has become an American symbol, a symbol of freedom and democracy, and even more of a symbol of courage.

The story should begin in 1834......

Bartholdi was born in France in 1834 to an Italian family.

He has been passionate about sculpture since his youth, and the image of Lady Liberty has long existed in his mind.

Louis in 1851? Napoleon? One day after Bonaparte staged a coup d'état to overthrow the Second Republic, a group of staunch Republicans built fortifications in the streets, and in the twilight, a young girl with a blazing torch in her hand jumped over the barrier and rushed towards the enemy with the slogan "Forward", the guns of the Bonapartists rang out, and the girl fell in a pool of blood.

When Bartholdi heard about this fact, he could not calm down for a long time. Since then, this brave girl who carries the torch has become a symbol of freedom in his heart.

In 1865, Bartholdi decided to create a statue of freedom, which was donated by the French people as a gift from the French government to the U.S. government to celebrate the 100th anniversary of American independence.

Some believe that the design and construction of the Statue of Liberty dates back to 1865, when Lavollaille, a French scholar and political activist who supported the Northern Army in the Civil War, said in an after-dinner conversation at his home near Versailles: "If a statue should be erected to commemorate the independence of the United States, I think it is only natural that our two countries should build it together." ”

In a report published in 2000, the U.S. National Park Service said that the claim, which came from an 1885 fund-raising brochure, was inaccurate; The idea of building the Statue of Liberty was most likely in 1870.

According to Butlerdy's own account, he was also present during the small talk mentioned above. Lavolaille's idea did not become a formal proposal, but it inspired Butlerdy.

Due to the suppression of freedom of thought under the reign of Napoleon III, Butlerdi did not act immediately, but only discussed it with Lavolaille.

Butledi also contacted Egypt's Khedive Ismail Pasha, who had planned, sketched, and modeled a giant lighthouse near Port Said in the Suez Canal, with the image of an ancient Egyptian woman, Farahin, dressed in a robe and holding a torch, but never built it.

Similar to the lighthouse on the Suez Canal is the Rhodes Bronze Statue of the Sun God, an ancient bronze statue of Helios in the image of the sun god estimated to be more than 100 feet (30 meters) tall and also located at the entrance to the harbor to provide light guidance for passing ships.

In the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, Butlerdy fought as a major. During the war, Napoleon III was captured and deposed, Butledi's native Alsace was ceded to Prussia, and the French Third Republic was established.

After the war, Butlerty planned to travel to the United States, and he and Lavolaille saw the time to discuss the construction of the Statue of Liberty with some influential Americans. In June 1871, Butlerdy crossed the Atlantic to the United States with a letter of introduction from Lavallaille.

As soon as Butlerif arrived in New York Harbor, he noticed Bedrow Island.

He found that ships must have passed through the island. He also learned that the island was owned by the U.S. government, and wrote to Lavolaille, delighted, calling it "the land common to all the states." Butlerty met with many celebrities from all walks of life in New York, and also visited then-US President Grant and received assurances that it would not be too difficult to obtain the site of Bedrow Island as a statue.

Butledi crossed the United States twice more by train and met with many Americans who might have been optimistic about the statue's project.

However, he still felt that the level of public support for the plan in the United States and France was insufficient, so he and Lavolaille decided to wait for the right time.

Butlerdy made the first model of the statue as early as 1870. An American artist friend of his collects sketches he brought with him during his visit to the United States in his studio in Rhode Island.

After returning to France, Bartredi continued to design the statue. He has also been involved in the design of several statues that support the French patriotic spirit, including the iconic Belfort Lion, the iconic sculpture.

The 73-foot (22 m) long statue was built to commemorate the three-month-long Prussian siege of Balfort Castle and displays provocative sentiments in a strongly romantic style.

This romantic style influenced the design of the Statue of Liberty not long after Bartledi, who met a girl named Jeanne at a wedding, who was beautiful and dignified.

Bartholdi thought it would be appropriate for her to model the Statue of Liberty, which "illuminates the world," and Jeanne readily agreed.

In the process of sculpting, a pure love arose between them, and they were finally married.

In 1869, when the sketches of the statue of Liberty were completed, Bartholdi began to devote himself wholeheartedly to the sculpture. He had traveled to the United States to rally American support for the statue project, but Americans were slow to realize the preciousness of the gift.

In 1874, when construction began on the statue, Bartholdi caused a sensation when he attended the 100th anniversary fair in Philadelphia to attract public attention.

The hand in front of people is 2.44 meters long and more than 1 meter in diameter with only the index finger, which is a rare art treasure.

As a result, this sculpture, which was little known until a few days ago, suddenly became a hundred times more valuable and became an art treasure that Americans longed to admire. Soon after, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution formally approving the president's request to accept the statue and identifying the island of Bedro as the site for the statue.

In 1884, the Statue of Liberty was fully completed, which took ten years. On July 6, the Statue of Liberty was officially announced as a gift to the United States.

Dressed in ancient Greek clothing, Lady Liberty wears a radiant crown with seven pointed rays symbolizing the seven continents. holding the torch of freedom in his right hand and the Declaration of Independence in his left hand; Beneath are broken handcuffs, shackles and chains, symbolizing freedom from tyranny.

Thus, the Statue of Liberty, also known as Liberty Enlightening The World, was a gift from France to the United States in 1876 for the 100th anniversary of independence.

The Statue of Liberty in the United States is located near the Hudson River Estuary in New York City, New York, USA, and is an important tourist attraction on Liberty Island in the United States, where the statue is located.

The Statue of Liberty in the United States is modeled after the Statue of Liberty in the Jardin du Luxembourg in Paris, France, and the famous French sculptor Bartholdi spent 10 years painstakingly completing the sculpture of the statue.

The goddess holds a torch of freedom in her right hand and an inscription of the Declaration of Independence of July 4, 1776 in her left hand, with broken handcuffs, shackles and chains at her feet. A symbol of freedom from tyranny, she was inaugurated and unveiled on October 28, 1886.

The internal structure of the wrought iron statue was created by Gustave Fernandes, who later built the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Designed by Eiffel. The Statue of Liberty is 46 meters high, 93 meters plus pedestal, weighs 225 tons, is cast in metal and rests on a concrete pedestal.

The pedestal of the Statue of Liberty is the famous Joseph? Pulitzer raised $100,000 to build it at the base of a museum of American immigration history. In 1984, the Statue of Liberty was listed as a World Heritage Site.

The Statue of Liberty is not a historical monument, it is just a man-made work of art. At the end of the 19th century, there were no air routes for intercontinental travel, and the only means of transport across the ocean were ships, and New York Harbor was the largest port on the coast of the United States.

As a port for most travelers to and from the United States, the Statue of Liberty has been erected on a small island just 3 kilometers from the southwest corner of Manhattan.

Since the Statue of Liberty is located in the vicinity of the shipping route, it can be seen by passengers entering and leaving the port. When the ship sails into the Upper New York Bay, due to the curvature of the sea, the passengers on board cannot see the high-rise buildings of New York City at this time, and the first thing that catches their eyes is this huge statue.

The statue holds a torch in its hand, raised high in the air, and looks straight ahead in a graceful posture. At this time, some passengers waved to her, and some passengers took pictures of her. Especially at night, the illumination of the torch and the searchlight from the island floor to the Colossus make the statue of Liberty even more clear and spectacular.

In the same way, when the ship leaves the city dock, it passes by her.

At this time, although it is far away from the statue, it is still faintly visible due to the statue's tall pedestal. Some of the passengers waved at it, and some shouted "goodbye" to her. The Statue of Liberty has become a great sight for ships entering and leaving New York Harbor.

For more than a century, the bronze statue of Lady Liberty towering over Liberty Island has become a symbol of friendship between the American nation and the American and French peoples, and forever expresses the lofty ideals of the American people in striving for democracy and yearning for freedom.

Passengers on ships entering New York Harbor can see the standing Statue of Liberty holding the Torch of Liberty aloft. For the thousands of immigrants to the United States, the Statue of Liberty was a guarantee of freedom from the poverty and oppression of the Old World, and the Statue of Liberty became a symbol of the United States.

The "Statue of Liberty" is famous all over the world, and everything about her began in this magical town called Colmar in France.

Ye Chao still remembers, the Jewish poetess Emma? One of Emma Lazarus's sonnets, The New Giant, describes the Statue of Liberty:

Not like the Greek bronze giant sculpture,

Possess the tough arm to conquer the land.

Standing majestically at the pass of the flying waves and falling sunset,

The goddess holds high the torch and shines brightly.

Unleash the lightning that has been imprisoned for a long time,

The mother of the outcasts is famous.

Welcoming all visitors from all over the world,

The eyes are gently gazing at the Twin Cities Water Guo.

The old world guards your glitz and show-off!

Closed lips burst out with a world-shaking sound:

Give me your weariness and sleepiness,

Give me your poverty and afflictions,

The curled up body that longs to breathe freely,

The tragic soul of the merciless abandonment on the other side.

Whether it's homelessness,

Whether it's bumpy,

Give it all to me,

Give it all to me!

Before this golden gate that leads to freedom,

I hold aloft the lights that light up the night.

"Lady Liberty, a symbol of freedom and bravery, I'm here for the goddess, I'm here for the goddess, hehe......" After speaking, Ye Chao paid tribute to Colmar's Statue of Liberty.

This kind of respect, she, deserves it.