Replicas of the Statue of Liberty control of French Indochina during World War II, the statue was toppled on August 1, 1945, after being deemed a vestige of the colonial government along with other statues erected by the French. A 30-foot replica can also be seen at the Westfield Marion shopping complex in Adelaide, South Australia. Replicas of the Statue of Liberty Hundreds of replicas of the Statue of Liberty ("Liberty Enlightening the World") have been created worldwide. On the occasion of the Exposition Universelle of 1900, Frédéric Bartholdi crafted a smaller version of "Liberty Enlightening the World", which he subsequently gave to the Musée du
Christ the Redeemer (statue) the Redeemer with open arms, a symbol of peace, was chosen. Local engineer Heitor da Silva Costa designed the statue. French sculptor Paul Landowski created the work. In 1922, Landowski commissioned fellow Parisian Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida, who studied sculpture at the Fine Arts Conservatory in Bucharest and in Italy. A group of engineers and technicians studied Landowski's submissions and felt building the structure of reinforced concrete (designed by Albert Caquot) instead of steel was more suitable for the cross-shaped statue. The concrete making up the base was supplied from Limhamn, Sweden. The outer layers are soapstone, chosen for its