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The Sphere

Sculpture in New York City
Visual Artwork Sculpture Q2164298

Facts

15 properties
Instance of
sculpture
Inception
1971[12]
Owned by
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey[5]
Country
United States[4]
Genre
public art[6]
Located in
Manhattan
Location
The Battery (2002–present), Liberty Park (2017–present), World Trade Center[8][9][10]
Part of
artwork damaged or destroyed in the September 11 attacks[11]
Coordinate location
🗺️ 40.710°, -74.014°[13]
Coordinates
🗺️ 40.710°, -74.014°
Creator
Fritz Koenig[2]
Height
760.0[15]
Located in the administrative territorial entity
Manhattan[3]
Made from material
bronze[7]
Native label
The Sphere[14]
🏷️ Also known as
en Große Kugelkaryatide en WTC Sphere en The Sphere en Sphere at Plaza Fountain en Koenig Sphere ar الكرة المعدنية de WTC Sphere de The Sphere de Große Kugelkaryatide N.Y. de Große Kugelkaryatide el Η Σφαίρα es Große Kugelkaryatide fr Große Kugelkaryatide he הספירה id Patung Sphere it Große Kugelkaryatide ja ザ・スフィア ko 더 스피어 pl Große Kugelkaryatide N.Y. pl Koenig Sphere
🔖 Identifiers · 7
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
The Sphere in Liberty Park 2 vc.jpg ↗
Apple Maps "auid" identifier
10833541464893882322
Atlas Obscura place ID
the-sphere-by-fritz-koenig-new-york-new-york
BabelNet ID
01580570n
Freebase ID
/m/06_rn3
OpenStreetMap node ID
561042174
Quora topic ID
The-Sphere

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Location 3
World Trade Center, The Battery, Liberty Park
Country 1
United States
Created notable works 1
Fritz Koenig
Creator 1
Fritz Koenig
Genre 1
public art
Instance of 1
sculpture
Located in the administrative territorial entity 1
Manhattan
Made from material 1
bronze
Owned by 1
Port Authority of New York and New Jersey
← Different from 1
The Sphere
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Summary

The Sphere is a sculpture[1].

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  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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