The Statue of Liberty was designed by French sculptor Frédéric Auguste Bartholdi and built by Gustave Eiffel.
Which country gifted the Statue of Liberty to the United States of America?
Asked in HPPSC HPAS Prelims 2011 · Topic: Age of Discovery and European Expansion (Comparison of European Colonial Models (Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch, English, French))
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