Which is taller Liberty or Eiffel?

In fact, the Eiffel Tower is much taller than the famous statue in New York Harbor. The Eiffel Tower is about 1062 feet from the ground to the top. The Statue of Liberty stands at 305 feet, from the base of the pedestal to the top of the torch. The statue itself, not including the pedestal, is about 151 feet.



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In fact, the Eiffel Tower is much taller than the famous statue in New York Harbor. The Eiffel Tower is about 1062 feet from the ground to the top. The Statue of Liberty stands at 305 feet, from the base of the pedestal to the top of the torch. The statue itself, not including the pedestal, is about 151 feet.

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Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) 93 m (305 ft) (incl. 47 m (154 ft) pedestal) The Motherland Calls 87 m (285 ft) (incl. 2 m (6 ft 7 in) pedestal)

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The Statue of Liberty Is 151 Feet Tall (93 meters) To put these measurements into context, the Statue of Liberty is equal height to a 22-story building from the ground to the tip of the torch flame.

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In fact, the Eiffel Tower is much taller than the famous statue in New York Harbor. The Eiffel Tower is about 1062 feet from the ground to the top. The Statue of Liberty stands at 305 feet, from the base of the pedestal to the top of the torch. The statue itself, not including the pedestal, is about 151 feet.

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The statue itself was given to the city of Paris in 1889 by the American community in Paris to commemorate the centennial of the French Revolution.

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The French sculptor Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi created the statue itself out of sheets of hammered copper, while Alexandre-Gustave Eiffel, the man behind the famed Eiffel Tower, designed the statue's steel framework.

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Since its topping out in 2013, One World Trade Center in New York City has been the tallest skyscraper in the United States.

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25 Facts to Celebrate the Statue of Liberty
  • The statue's full name is Liberty Enlightening the World.
  • It was a gift from France given to America in 1886.
  • The robed female figure represents Libertas, the Roman goddess of freedom.
  • The statue measures 93 meters and weighs 204 metric tons.


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The Statue is 305ft. 1in. from the ground to the tip of the flame. It is the equivalent height of a 22-story building.

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3. Lady Liberty is struck by lightning 600 times every year. Standing proud, exposed to the elements, the statue has to withstand around 600 lightning bolts every year and, in high winds, the torch can sway by about 5 inches side-to-side!

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10 Tallest Statues In The United States
  1. Statue Of Liberty - 151ft. ...
  2. Pegasus And Dragon - 110ft. ...
  3. Our Lady Of The Rockies - 88.6ft. ...
  4. Metaphor: The Tree of Utah - 87ft. ...
  5. Golden Driller - 75ft. ...
  6. Sugar Land Quan Am - 72ft. ...
  7. Brachiosaurus - 70ft. ...
  8. The United States Marine Corps War Memorial - 68ft.


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The World's 10 Tallest Statues
  • Laykyun Sekkya.
  • Ushiku Daibutsu.
  • Sendai Daikannon.
  • Guishan Guanyin.
  • Great Buddha of Thailand.
  • Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako Park.
  • Motherland Calls.
  • Awaji Kannon.


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Hyperion, which is a coast redwood, towers at 380 feet. For reference, that's 1.25 times bigger than the Statue of Liberty in New York. Named after one of the Titans in Greek Mythology, Hyperion was discovered by two researchers in 2006.

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Perched on the summit of Mount Corcovado in Rio, the statue stands at a whopping 98 feet (or 30 metres) tall (making it two-thirds the height of New York's Statue of Liberty), and its outstretched arms reach to 92 feet (or 28 metres) horizontally.

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