History of The Statue of Liberty

Statue of Liberty, the pride and symbol of the City of New York, it was not made in New York. The statue, which was designed by French sculptor, Frederic-Auguste Bartholdi was first built and developed in France in 1874. Statue of Goddess of Independence was presented by the French people to the American people, as a birthday gift to the American independence-100.

After finishing made in France, the statue was disassembled, and packed in 200 large cargo to be sent to America. Statue of Liberty then reassembled on Bedloe's Island at the mouth of the harbor of New York City. Packing process is so long, until the statue of Liberty can only be inaugurated on October 28, 1886, ten years after the anniversary of American independence 100th. With a height of 46 meters and weighing 204 tons, the Statue of Liberty stands as high as 46 meters above the runway. The interior is filled by a steel frame, while the exterior is made of copper plate. Steel framework of the Statue of Liberty, created and designed by Gustave Eiffel, who also designed and built the Eiffel Tower.

Mystery of The Black Death In Europe

The events that have brought disorder to mainland Europe around the year 1347 and 1351. Black Death was an epidemic disease outbreak PES and pneumonia. Black death which occurred at around 1300s was probably the worst disaster ever befall mankind civilization on this earth.

Spread throughout the world, the black death has killed at least 40 million people, including 25 million people in Europe. In fact, the black death to kill one out of every four Europeans in just over four years ...

It is said that this disease originated from China, then transmitted to the people of Europe when a Kipchak (Mongols) invaded a crowd with an infected corpse tossed into the middle of commercial center in the Crimea. Then they will plague reached Genoa in 1347, then spread to the west and north, reaching London and Paris in 1348.

Plague first time they will probably carried by rat fleas which also can live in humans. It was later turned into a plague pneumonia is spread through coughing and sneezing. After the black death plague these, terrain filled with mayat2, houses, villages and cities become desolate and empty. After that there was a scarcity of labor so that their wage increases and many slaves get their freedom.

It is said that thousands of human framework used as the basic construction of buildings Chapel Evora in Portugal it is a frame of the victims of plague black death malignancy.