Libertas
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The Latin word "Libertas", meaning "freedom", has been used in a number of prominent contexts.
- In Roman mythology, Libertas was the goddess of freedom. A modern, and purely symbolic, representation of the deity, is the famous Statue of Liberty (Enlightening the World), which stands on Liberty Island in New York harbor.
- Libertas has been used as the motto and an ancient symbol of the Republic of Ragusa (Dubrovnik). The Libertas Flag, based on secondary flag of the Republic of Ragusa, is flown in the old city of Dubrovnik today.
- Libertas praestantissimum donum is the title of Pope Leo XIII's 1888 statement saying that freedom is the greatest gift of God. This papal statement reversed Pope Gregory XVI's condemnation of freedom as a disease that a good Christian could not hate enough.
- Libertas was the well known motto of the Italian political party Democrazia Cristiana.
- Libertas was a name given to those who acted in some manner to liberate others. [citation needed]
- Libertas was a Norwegian liberal think tank, founded in 1947 to defend political and economic freedom against infringements of individual liberty by the social democratic regime.
- Nova Libertas is also the name of a Flemish libertarian thinktank based in Leuven, Belgium.
- Libertas was the original name of the South African President's Home in Pretoria, designed by Gerhard Moerdijk. It has now been renamed Mahlamba Ndlopfu.
