Mini statue of Liberty Photo: Mini-statue of Liberty

Mini statue of Liberty in the city of Uzhgorod is the smallest statue of Liberty in the world and the smallest lighthouse in Ukraine. The statue, located on the parapet of a Pedestrian bridge over the Uzh river, was established in 2011 in honor of the city river regatta. Officially it is called "the lighthouse Ungvar".

The lighthouse was made by local sculptor Mykhailo Kolodko and architect Alexander Bezique. Made of bronze chetyrehkilogrammovy and about nine-inch figure holding a lamp with flashing led. The sculpture was created through the initiative of Fedir Shandor, who is the head of the Department of tourism of the Uzhgorod national University.

Mini statue of Liberty symbolizes the love of the residents of the Transcarpathian region are all original and unique. It's real functioning lighthouse on the non-navigable river, where every year there is a joke competitions under the name "Uzhgorod regatta".

Now has become a good tradition Uzhgorod to dress up the statue of Liberty in a variety of clothes appropriate to city holiday. For example, in Uzhgorod regatta statue dressed in a specially made for her "sailor" dress-vest, on the Parade of brides she was dressed in a white wedding dress and veil – the smallest in the history of Transcarpathia (as a result, it has been included in the regional Book of records). On Independence Day the statue was dressed in a folk costume, the day of the Foundation of Hungary, it had a Hungarian dress, the first of September she was dressed in a school uniform, Halloween - appropriate attire, and on the day of the city mini statue of Liberty planted in a barrel of wine.

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