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Azura's statue was definitely built by the refugees, that's confirmed by its own attending priestess.
The fact that those dumb mfs spent so much effort building THAT instead of starting their own city, even though they absolutely could - as defined in the Decree of Monument
>untithed to any thane or hold, and self-governed, with free worship, with no compensation to Skyrim or the Empire except as writ in the Armistice of old wheresoever those might still apply
tells you everything.