List of statues by height
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Approximate heights of various notable statues:
1. Spring Temple Buddha 153 m (incl. 25m pedestal and 20m throne)
2. Statue of Liberty 93 m (incl. 47m pedestal)
3. The Motherland Calls 91 m (excl. plinth)
4. Christ the Redeemer 39.6 m (incl. 9.5m pedestal)
5. Statue of David 5.17 m (excl. 2.5m plinth)
1. Spring Temple Buddha 153 m (incl. 25m pedestal and 20m throne)
2. Statue of Liberty 93 m (incl. 47m pedestal)
3. The Motherland Calls 91 m (excl. plinth)
4. Christ the Redeemer 39.6 m (incl. 9.5m pedestal)
5. Statue of David 5.17 m (excl. 2.5m plinth)
The following is a list of statues by height.
Contents |
Existing [edit]
Over 40 meters [edit]
Up to 40 meters [edit]
| Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | photo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shichikama Shokannon | Kannon | Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki | 40 m (132 ft) | standing | 1990 | ||||
| Shinran Shonin | Shinran | Kitakanbara District, Niigata | 40 m (132 ft) | standing | 1990 | ||||
| José María Morelos statue | José María Morelos | Janitzio island, Michoacán | 40 m (132 ft) | Made of pink stone | 1934 | 19°34′25″N 101°39′07″W / 19.573611°N 101.651944°W | |||
| Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue | Genghis Khan | Tsonjin Boldog, Tuv Province | 40 m (132 ft) | 2007 | 47°48′29″N 107°32′13″E / 47.807927°N 107.536899°E | ||||
| Standing Amitabha Buddha of Fo Guang Shan | Buddha Amitabha | Kaohsiung | 40 m (132 ft) | [25] | 1972 | 22°44′57″N 120°26′45″E / 22.749050°N 120.445900°E | |||
| Atatürk Mask | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Buca in the Izmir province | 40 m (132 ft) | Work of the sculptor Harun Atalayman[26] | 2009 | 38°24′22″N 27°08′46″E / 38.406046°N 27.145991°E | |||
| Tathagata Tsal | Buddha | Ravangla, Sikkim | 39 m (128 ft) | 2013 | [27] | ||||
| Big Buddha Statue of Wat Phothikyan Phut Thak Tham | Amitabha | Pasir Puteh, Kelantan | 39 m (128 ft) | The Theravada Buddhist abbot of the Twin Dragon Temple saw that buddha in a dream[28] | 2009 | ||||
| Hongguang Shan Giant Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Urumqi, Xinjiang | 38.8 m (127 ft) | [29] | 2004 | 43°52′52″N 87°36′49″E / 43.881145°N 87.613478°E | |||
| Nanshan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Yantai | 38.66 m | sitting | 2004 | ||||
| Daishaka | Gautama Buddha | Tamana, Kumamoto | 38.5 m | sitting | 1979 | ||||
| Laozi of Laojunshan Mountain | Laozi | Luanchuan County, Luoyang, Henan province | 38 m (124.5 ft) | Gilded bronze statue.[30] | 2010 | ||||
| Statue of Padmasambhava in Rewalsar | Guru Rinpoche | Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh | 37.5 m (123 ft) | 31°38′2″N 76°49′59.99″E / 31.63389°N 76.8333306°E | |||||
| Shiva of Murudeshwara | Shiva | Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka | 37 m (122 ft) | The Second Tallest Lord Shiva statue in the World(123 feet high) (This is First Tallest statues of Shiva in India)[31] | 2006 | 14°05′37″N 74°29′01″E / 14.093645°N 74.483689°E | |||
| Rong Xian Buddha | Maitreya Buddha | Rong Xian, Sichuan province | 37 m (121 ft) | [32] | Tang Dynasty | ||||
| The Merlion of Sentosa | A merlion | Sentosa | 37 m (121 ft) | 1996 | 1°15′13″N 103°49′08″E / 1.2535°N 103.818794°E | ||||
| Christ the King | Jesus | Świebodzin | 36 m (120 ft). It includes a 3 m tall metal crown[33] | Stands on top of a 16 m stone bank. 52 m total monument height. The tallest Christ statue in the world. (2011)[33] | 2010 | 52°14′12″N 15°32′47″E / 52.236667°N 15.546389°E | |||
| Guanyin of Chongyuan Temple | Guanyin | Suzhou, Jiangsu province | 36 m (118 ft) | 88-ton indoor statue made of gilded bronze. | 2007 | ||||
| Statue of Padmasambhava in Namchi | Guru Rinpoche | Namchi, Sikkim | 36 m (118 ft) | 2004[34] | 27°10′46″N 88°22′48″E / 27.179514°N 88.380021°E | ||||
| Alyosha monument | World War II USSRn soldier | Murmansk | 35.5 m (116.5 ft) | Stands upon a 7 m pedestal. 42,5 m (140 ft) total monument height | 1974 | 68°59′34″N 33°04′16″E / 68.992902°N 33.071208°E | |||
| Shandan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Shandan County | 35 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[35] | ||||
| Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara of Tazawako | Avalokitesvara | Tazawako, Akita prefecture | 35 m (115 ft) | 1939 | 39°44′21″N 140°43′23″E / 39.739192°N 140.723013°E | ||||
| Birth of the New Man | Christopher Columbus | Sevilla | 35 m (115 ft) | 1995 | 37°25′39″N 5°59′34″W / 37.427575°N 5.992813°W | ||||
| Mogao Caves North Big Statue | Maitreya Buddha[36] | Dunhuang, Gansu | 35 m | near 26m South Big Statue sitting Maitreya built during Kaiyuan | 694 | ||||
| Cristo de la Concordia | Jesus | Cochabamba | 34.2 m (112 ft) | Stands upon a 6.2 m pedestal. 40.4 m (132.5 ft) total monument height. | 1994 | 17°23′04″S 66°08′04″W / 17.384522°S 66.13452°W | |||
| Tian Tan Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Ngong Ping, Lantau Island | 34 m (112 ft) | 1993 | 22°15′14″N 113°54′17″E / 22.253889°N 113.904722°E | ||||
| Maoshan Laozi Shenxiang | Laozi | near Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province | 33 m (108 ft) | 1998 | 31°47′48.38″N 119°18′39.77″E / 31.7967722°N 119.3110472°E | ||||
| Xuedoushan Maitreya Big Buddha | Maitreya | Fenghua | 33 m | sitting Budai[37] | 2008 | ||||
| Yishan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Guanyun County | 33 m | sitting | 2009 | ||||
| Guanshiyin Pusa Shengxiang in Guanyin Shan | Guanyin | Dongguang | 33 m | carving | 2001 | ||||
| Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) | Mary | Le Mas-Rillier in Miribel, Ain | 33 m (108 ft) | Over a 20 m building/pedestal. 53 m (174 ft) total height.[38] | 1941 | 45°49′44″N 4°57′01″E / 45.828919°N 4.950349°E | |||
| Mangal Mahadev | Shiva | Ganga Talao lake | 33 m (108 ft) | 2007 | 20°24′59″S 57°29′33″E / 20.4164°S 57.4924°E | ||||
| Hanuman Murti in Shimla | Hanuman | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | 33 m (108 ft) | Located at 8,500 ft(2,591 mt) above sea level | 2010 | ||||
| Basava statue at Basavakalyan, Bidar | Basava | Basavakalyan, Karnataka | 33 m (108 ft) | The 1st tallest Lord Basava Statue in the World | 2012 | ||||
| Kotilingeshwara in Kolar | Shivaling | Kolar, Karnataka | 33 m (108 ft) | The 1st tallest Lord Shiva Ling Statue in World (There are 1 crore shivaling's in Kotilingeshwara ) and 35 ft Nandi Statue | 1980 | ||||
| Junkin Kaiun Hoju Daikanzeon Bosatsu | Kannon | Ichishi District, Mie | 33 m | standing | 1982 | ||||
| Taniyama no Daikannon | Kannon | Kagoshima | 33 m | standing | 2001 | ||||
| Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa | Maitreya Buddha | Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province | 33 m (108 ft) | 1990 | |||||
| Mindroling Monastery Buddha statue | Gautama Buddha | Dehradun, Uttarakhand state | 32.6 m (107 ft) | ||||||
| Luang Pho To | Maitreya | Bangkok | 32.5 m (106 ft) | ||||||
| Baxianshan Dafo | Buddha | Pingshan County, Sichuan | 32 m | standing | Ming Dynasty | ||||
| Diskit Monastery Buddha statue | Jampa Buddha | Diskit, Nubra Valley, Ladakh | 32 m (105 ft) | 2010 | |||||
| Hanuman in Nandura | Hanuman | Maharashtra | 32 m (105 ft) | ||||||
| Statue of Mao in Juzizhou | Mao Zedong | Yuelu District, Changsha | 32 m (105 ft) | 2009[39] | |||||
| Bhaisajyaguru of the Nihon-ji Temple | Buddha - Bhaisajyaguru | Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba | 31 m (102 ft) | Largest pre-modern Japan sculpture | 1790 (approximate date) | 35°09′28″N 139°50′05″E / 35.157732°N 139.834757°E | |||
| Mangal Mahadev | Lord Shiva Statue | Gangtan,Sampla Beri Road Hariyana | 101 ft | Standing Statue Made by Murtikar Chandulal Verma | 2012 | [8] | |||
| Jalesveva Jayamahe | Navy Officer | Surabaya | 30.6 m (100 ft) | Standing 30 meters concrete building.Total height 60.6 m | 1996 | 7°11′46.74″S 112°44′23.16″E / 7.1963167°S 112.7397667°E | |||
| Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri | Shiva | Haridwar, Uttarakhand | 30.5 m (100 ft) | The Third Tallest Lord Shiva statue in the World(100 feet high) (This is Second Tallest statues of Shiva in India)[40] | |||||
| São Francisco de Canindé | Francis of Assisi | Canindé, Ceará | 30.5 m (100 ft) | 2005 | 4°22′03″S 39°18′19″W / 4.367486°S 39.305166°W |
Up to 30 meters[41] [edit]
| Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christ Blessing (Kristus kase Berkat) | Jesus | Manado | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on a 20 m pedestal. 50 m (158.3 ft) total monument height | 2007 | 1°29′0″N 124°50′0″E / 1.48333°N 124.83333°E | |||
| Obinzurusama | Pindola Bharadvaja | Yamaga, Kumamoto | 30 m | standing | 1607 | ||||
| Cristo Resucitado (Christ Resurrected) | Jesus | Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on a 10 m tall pedestal. 40 m (132 ft) total height. | 19°33′43″N 99°11′04″W / 19.562014°N 99.184463°W | ||||
| Virgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo) | Woman of the Apocalypse | Quito | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on a 11 m pedestal. 41 m (134 ft) total | 1976 | 0°13′43″S 78°31′7″W / 0.22861°S 78.51861°W | |||
| Cristo Redentor do Corcovado (Christ the Redeemer) | Jesus | Rio de Janeiro | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on a 9.5 m pedestal. 39.6 m (130 ft) total monument height | 1931 | 22°57′06″S 43°12′39″W / 22.951667°S 43.210833°W | |||
| Buddha statue in the Phra Buddha Bharameedharm Chamruslok Temple | Buddha | Kelantan | 30 m | sitting | [42] | ||||
| Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple | Guanyin | Air Itam, Penang island | 30 m (98.5 ft) | It's sheltered inside a 60.9m tall pavilion, the tallest in the world[43] | 1999 | 5°23′52″N 100°16′21″E / 5.39778°N 100.27250°E | |||
| Cristo del Otero | Jesus | Palencia | 30 m (98.5 ft) | 1931 | 42°01′40″N 4°31′46″W / 42.02789°N 4.52932°W | ||||
| Juche Tower statues | Worker, peasant and intellectual | Pyongyang, North Korea | 30 m (98.5 ft) | 1982 | 39°01′04″N 125°45′47″E / 39.017783°N 125.76303°E | ||||
| Arch of Reunification | Women holding symbol | Pyongyang, North Korea | 30 m (98.5 ft) | 2001 | 38°57′52″N 125°42′56″E / 38.964464°N 125.715587°E | ||||
| White marble Guan Yin of Yinxian | Guanyin | Yinxian, Zhejiang | 29 m (95 ft) | 1998 | 22°58′41″N 114°01′06″E / 22.978158°N 114.018454°E | ||||
| Thiruvalluvar Statue | Tiruvalluvar | Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu | 29 m (95 ft) | Stands on a 11.5-m pedestal. 40.5 m (133 ft) total monument height | 2000 | 8°04′40″N 77°33′14″E / 8.0777°N 77.5539°E | |||
| Erawan Museum | Airavata | Samut Prakan | 28.9 m (95 ft) | Stands over a 15 m tall building. 43.8 m (144 ft) total monument height | 13°37′42″N 100°35′20″E / 13.628231°N 100.588991°E | ||||
| Pangshan Lifo | Gautama Buddha | Pengshan County | 28 m | standing near 24m sitting Buddha Prabhutaratna | Kaiyuan | ||||
| Biwako Daibutsu | Amitabha | Nagahama, Shiga | 28 m | standing | 1994 | ||||
| Haraturu Syouryu Daikannon | Kannon | Asakura District, Fukuoka | 28 m | standing | 1987 | ||||
| Shippoji Daikannon | Kannon | Nose, Osaka | 28 m | standing | 2002 | ||||
| Monumental Virgen de Guadalupe | Virgin Mary | Xicotepec de Juarez, Puebla | 28 m (92 ft) | 2008 | 20°17′10″N 97°57′14″W / 20.28611°N 97.95389°W | ||||
| Cristo-Rei (Christ the King) | Jesus | Almada | 28 m (92 ft) | Stands on a 82 m pedestal. 103 m (338 ft) total | 1959 | 38°40′43″N 9°10′17″W / 38.67861°N 9.17139°W | |||
| Christ of Vung Tau (Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua) | Jesus | Vung Tau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province | 28 m (92 ft) | Stands on a 10 m platform. 38 m (126.5 ft) total monument height | 1993 | 10°19′35″N 107°05′05″E / 10.326303°N 107.084641°E | |||
| Puning Temple Buddha | Guanyin | Chengde | 27.21 m | standing | 1755 | ||||
| Qianshou Guanyin of Donglin Temple | Guanyin | Jinshan District, Shanghai | 27 m (90 ft) | Indoor statue. It stands over a 2 m lotus base. 29 m total height[44] | 2007 | 30°53′48″N 121°09′38″E / 30.896553°N 121.160639°E | |||
| Lenin statue | Vladimir Lenin | Volgograd | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Stands on a 30 m pedestal. The tallest Lenin statue in the world.[45] | 1973 | 48°31′39″N 44°33′31″E / 48.52750°N 44.55861°E | |||
| Bingling Temple Maitreya Buddha | Buddha - Maitreya | Jishi Hill, near Lanzhou, Gansu province | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Its cover has fallen off, possibly the Buddha was made of straw and stucco over an inner wooden frame | 420 (approximated date) | 35°52′06″N 103°10′03″E / 35.86833°N 103.16750°E | |||
| Tochigi Heiwa-Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin)'s embodiment as the goddess of Peace | Near Utsunomiya; Tochigi Prefecture | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Work of sculptor Asajiro Hida[46] | 1954 | 36°35′46″N 139°49′11″E / 36.595996°N 139.8196°E | |||
| Cristo Rei of Dili (Christ the King) | Jesus | Dili | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Gift from the Indonesian government to the East Timorese people | 1995 | 8°31′15″S 125°36′31″E / 8.520815°S 125.608508°E | |||
| Our Lady of the Rockies | Virgin Mary | Butte, Montana | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Design of Laurien Eugene Riehl | 1985 | 46°0′1.7″N 112°26′46.58″W / 46.000472°N 112.4462722°W | |||
| Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War | Soldiers | Pyongyang, North Korea | 27 m (88.6 ft) | 1993 | 39°02′25″N 125°44′17″E / 39.040359°N 125.738147°E | ||||
| Statue of Padre Cícero | Padre Cícero | Juazeiro do Norte | 27 m (88.6 ft) | 1969 | 7°10′47″S 39°19′48″W / 7.179750°S 39.330000°W | ||||
| Smiling Buddha of the Bao Jue Temple | Maitreya Buddha | Taichung | 26.8 m (88 ft) | 1975 | 24°9′33.96″N 120°41′18.53″E / 24.1594333°N 120.6884806°E | ||||
| Samadhi Buddha in Kurunegala | Gautama Buddha | Kurunegala | 26.8 m (88 ft) | Built by the Hsthisailapura Buduruwa Sangwardhana Society | 2003 | 7°29′6.53″N 80°22′11.15″E / 7.4851472°N 80.3697639°E | |||
| Hermannsdenkmal | Chief Arminius | North Rhine Westphalia | 26.57 m (87 ft) | Stands at the top of a 27 m (88.5 ft) monument | 1875 | 51°54′42″N 08°50′22″E / 51.91167°N 8.83944°E | |||
| Hundred Feet (unit) Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) - Byakue Kannon | Soma city, Fukushima prefecture | 26.4 m (87 ft) | 1930 (construction started) | |||||
| Migjid Janraisig in the Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery | Avalokitesvara | Ulan Bator | 26.4 m (87 ft) | 1913 | 47°55′23″N 106°53′42″E / 47.923144°N 106.895009°E | ||||
| Chinmaya Ganadhish | Ganesha | Kolhapur, Maharashtra state | 26 m (85 ft) | Idol at Chinmaya Sandeepany Ashram | 2001 | 16°47′51″N 74°17′24″E / 16.797557°N 74.290023°E | |||
| Hanuman of Carapichaima | Hanuman | Carapichaima | 26 m (85 ft) | ||||||
| Adinath, Bawangaja | Adinath | Barwani, Madhya Pradesh | 26 m (84 ft) | This is one of the older tallest statues in India | |||||
| Christ the King of Cali | Jesus | Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department | 26 m (85 ft) | 1953 | 3°26′11″N 76°33′54″W / 3.436262°N 76.565083°W | ||||
| Jesus of the Mercy | Jesus | San Juan del Sur, Rivas Department | 26 m (85 ft) | 2009 | 11°15′N 85°52′W / 11.250°N 85.867°W | ||||
| Shivagiri of Bijapur | Shiva | Bijapur, Karnataka | 26 m (85 ft) | This is Fourth Tallest statues of Shiva in World (This is Third Tallest statues of Shiva in India) | 2006 | ||||
| Guanyin in Lingyingsi | Guanyin | Quanzhou | 25.7 m | 2002 | |||||
| The Broken Christ | Jesus | San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes | 25 m (82 ft) | Stands over 3 m tall pedestal. 28 m (92 ft) total height. | 2006 | 22°08′21″N 102°25′54″W / 22.139185°N 102.431594°W | |||
| Christ Roi des Houches | Jesus | Les Houches, Haute-Savoie | 25 m (82 ft) | 1934 | |||||
| Great Buddha in the coiled Nāga | Buddha | inside the Xieng Khuan, Vientiane | 25 m (82 ft) | ||||||
| Ōfuna Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Kamakura, Kanagawa | 25 m (82 ft) | The complex it belongs contains stones from ground zero at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as this temple commemorates the souls of those who died in the atomic bomb attacks | 1961 | 35°21′12″N 139°31′43″E / 35.353435°N 139.52870°E | |||
| Our Lady of Bai Dau (Đức Mẹ Bãi Dâu) | Maria | Vung Tau (Ba Ria-Vung Tau) | 25 m (82 ft) | 1992 | 1992 | Located at 28 m above sea level | |||
| Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple | Hanuman | Amritsar, Punjab state | 24.5 m (80 ft) | ||||||
| Binxian Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Bin County, Shaanxi | 24 m | standing | 692 | ||||
| Worker and Kolkhoz Woman | Proletarian workers | Moscow | 24 m (77 ft) | Reinstated on December 4, 2009 with a 34.5 m pedestal for a new total height of 60 m | 1937 | 55°49′42″N 37°38′44″E / 55.82833°N 37.64556°E | |||
| Tambun Tibetan Temple Buddha | Amitabha | Tambun, Perak state | 24 m (77 ft) | [47] | Construction started 1975 | ||||
| Heiwa Kannon of Funaoka Park | Kannon (Guanyin)'s embodiment as the goddess of Peace | near Funaoka station, Miyagi Prefecture | 24 m (77 m) | 1975 | |||||
| Kannon of the Ryozen Historical Memorial | Kannon (Guanyin) | Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture | 24 m (77 ft) | Commemorates the soldiers who died in World War II | 1955 | ||||
| The White Buddha statue of Long Son Pagoda (Tượng Kim Thân Phật Tổ) | Gautama | Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province | 24 m (77 ft) | [48] | 1964 | 12°15′07″N 109°10′51″E / 12.251994°N 109.18086°E | |||
| Sancarlone | Saint Charles Borromeo | Arona, province of Novara | 23.5 m (77 ft) | Standing on a 11.5 m pedestal, 35 m (115 ft) total height | 1698 | 45°46′12.93″N 8°32′36.10″E / 45.7702583°N 8.5433611°E | |||
| Hakuba Daibutsu | an unspecified buddha | Itoigawa, Niigata | 23.5 m | sitting | 1972 | ||||
| Gangu Dafo | Gautama | Gangu County | 23.3 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[49] | ||||
| Cristo Rey de los Álamos | Jesus | Tijuana, Baja California state | 23.3 m (76 ft) | [50] | 1999 | ||||
| Lord Shiva | Shiva Temple, Kachnar City | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh state | 23.17 m (76 ft) | This is fifth tallest Lord Shiva Statue in the World (This is Fourth tallest Lord Shiva Statue in the India) | 2006 | 23°11′20″N 79°53′53″E / 23.18889°N 79.89806°E | |||
| Mother Armenia (Mayr Hayastan) | Mother Armenia | Yerevan | 23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 50 m pedestal. 73 m (240 ft) total monument height | 1950 | 40°11′42.90″N 44°31′29.34″E / 40.1952500°N 44.5248167°E | |||
| Tiantishan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Wuwei, Gansu | 23 m | standing | Tang Dynasty | ||||
| Miroku Daikannon | Kannon | Nasu, Tochigi | 23 m | standing | 2000 | ||||
| Christ the King in Saint Apollonia mount | Jesus | Pachuca, Hidalgo | 23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 10 m tall pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height. | 1996 | 20°07′49″N 98°43′18″W / 20.130261°N 98.721771°W | |||
| Torii Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Hannou city, Saitama prefecture | 23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 12 m pedestal. 35 m (115 ft) total height[51] | 1971 | ||||
| Cristo Rey del Tupungato | Jesus | Tupungato Valley, Mendoza Province | 23 m (75 ft) | Over a 5 m pedestal. 28 m (91.8 ft) total monument height | |||||
| Christ of the Sacred Heart (Christ of the Sacred Heart) | Jesus | near Rosarito, Baja California state | 23 m (75 ft) | 32°15′54.72″N 116°59′42.36″W / 32.2652000°N 116.9951000°W | |||||
| Vishnu statue | Vishnu | Garuda Wisnu Kencana park in the Bukit Peninsula | 23 m (75 ft) | Original project was to construct a 140 m sculpture, currently on hiatus.[52] | |||||
| Hanuman Vatika | Hanuman | Rourkela, Orissa state | 23 m (75 ft) | ||||||
| Golden Buddha in the Likir Monastery | Maitreya Buddha | Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir | 23 m (75 ft) | There is a small museum which houses collections of thankas, old religious and domestic costumes | 1999 | 34°17′36″N 77°12′54″E / 34.293238°N 77.215122°E | |||
| Golden Driller | Oilman | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 23 m (75 ft) | 1953 | 36°08′01″N 95°55′52″W / 36.133638°N 95.931158°W | ||||
| Golden Buddha in Ulan Bator | Buddha | Ulan Bator | 23 m (75 ft) | 2005 | 47°53′10″N 106°54′44″E / 47.885989°N 106.91224°E | ||||
| Monument to the Discoverer Faith (es:) | Christopher Columbus | Huelva | 22.5 m (74 ft) | Stands on a 14.5 m pedestal. 37 m (121 ft) total monument height. | 1929 | 37°12′44″N 6°56′26″W / 37.21222°N 6.94056°W | |||
| Guan Yin | Guanyin | Zhongzheng Park, Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area | 22.4 m (73 ft) | 5 floors inside | 1969 | 25°08′0.46″N 121°45′1.27″E / 25.1334611°N 121.7503528°E | |||
| Xunxian Dafo | Maitreya | Xun County | 22.29 m | Later Zhao | [53] | ||||
| Cristo del Pacífico | Jesus | Lima, Lima Province | 22 m | Stands on a 15 m pedestal, 37 m total height. | 2011 | ||||
| Cristo de La Caldera | Jesus | Salta Province | 22 m (72 ft) | 26 m (86.3 ft) total monument height | 1969 | ||||
| Monument to the Battle of Sakarya | Turkish Soldier | Polatlı, Ankara | 22 m | Stands on a 9 m pedestal, 31 m total height. | 2008 | ||||
| Heart of Jesus Lookout | Jesus | Farkaslaka, Harghita County | 22 m (72 ft) | Stands on a 2 m pedestal, 24 m total height. | 2011 | 46°23′37″N 25°15′23″E / 46.393571°N 25.256479°E | |||
| Cristo Redentore | Jesus | Maratea, province of Potenza | 22 m (72 ft) | [54] | 1965 | ||||
| Aumisme Buddha Maitreya in Mandarom | Buddha - Maitreya | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 22 m (72 ft) | [55] | 1981 | ||||
| Changhua Great Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Changhua City | 22 m (72 ft) | Is on top of Bagua Mountain, 6 floors contains a Buddhist museum inside of the Buddha. | 1956[56] | 24°04′43″N 120°32′57″E / 24.0785361111°N 120.54922629°E | |||
| Shuangmian Guanyin | Guanyin | Wuhan | 21.8 m | 2003 | |||||
| Cristo de las Noas | Jesus | Torreón, Coahuila | 21.8 m (71.5 ft) | ||||||
| Fushun Dafo | Vairocana | Fushun | 21.48 m | 2009[57] | |||||
| Foguang Dafo in Foguangsi | Amitabha | Huilai County | 21.34 m | 23.42m total height | 1997 | ||||
| Guanyin Zuolian Baoxiang in Dahuaxingsi | Avalokitesvara | Shenzhen | 21.3 m | 2008 | |||||
| Dainichi Nyorai of the Seiryū-ji Temple | Buddha - Vairocana | Aomori city, Aomori prefecture | 21.3 m (70 ft) | 1984 | |||||
| Guanyin of the Longxing Monastery | Guanyin | near Zhengding, Hebei province | 21.3 (70 ft) | 971 | |||||
| Cosmic Christ | Jesus | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | 21 m (69 ft) | 1987 | |||||
| Seinen Daishi | Kūkai | Muroto, Kōchi | 21 m | standing | 1984 | ||||
| Tiangong Dafo | Guatama | Shaoxing | 20.8 m | by 3 successive generations of a sculptor family | between Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty[58] | ||||
| Xumishan Grottes Big Buddha | Maitreya | Guyuan | 20.6 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[59] | ||||
| Cristo de El Cubilete (Christ King of the Mountain of El Cubilete) | Jesus | Silao, Guanajuato | 20.5 m (67 ft) | with a 12.5 m pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height | 1944 | 21°0′42.5″N 101°22′8.1″W / 21.011806°N 101.368917°W | |||
| Tribute to Courage | Sam Houston | Huntsville, Texas | 20.5 m (67 ft) | with a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal | 1994 | 30°39′40″N 95°30′39″W / 30.66111°N 95.51083°W | |||
| Dallas Zoo's giraffe statue | Giraffe | Dallas, Texas | 20.5 m (67 ft) | 1997 | 32°44′38″N 96°48′52″W / 32.74389°N 96.81444°W | ||||
| Great Sphinx of Giza | Sphinx | Giza, near Cairo | 20.22 m (66 ft) | [60] | 2532 BC approx. | 29°58′31″N 31°08′16″E / 29.97528°N 31.13778°E | |||
| Stainless steel Ganlu Guanyin | Guanyin | Wenshang County | 20.15 m | 2009 | |||||
| Confucius of Zichuan | Confucius | Zichuan, Zibo City, Shandong province | 20.09 m | A bronze statue.[61] | 2010 |
Up to 20 meters [edit]
| Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temple of Ramesses II | Ramesses II | Abu Simbel, Egypt | 20 m | 1264BC | 22°20′13″N 31°37′32″E / 22.33694°N 31.62556°E | |||
| Kunming Dafo | Gautama | Anning, Yunnan | 20 m | 1980s | ||||
| Jilesi Dafo | Amitabha | Harbin | 20 m | 2009 | ||||
| Qianfoshan Mile Shengyuan Mile Dafo | Maitreya | Jinan | 20 m | 29m total height | 2008 | |||
| Yaowanggu Dafo | Bhaisajyaguru | Mianyang | 20 m | 2010 | ||||
| Statue of Mao in the Chongqing Medical University | Mao Zedong | Chongqing | 20 m | Stands over a 17.5 m pedestal. 37.4 m (122.8 ft) total monument height | 2008 | |||
| Guan Yin of the South Sea | Guanyin | Putuo Shan island, Shanghai | 20 m (65.5 ft) | upon a 13 m pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height | 1997 | 29°58′35.03″N 122°23′22.13″E / 29.9763972°N 122.3894806°E | ||
| Monument to the Battle of Chacabuco | Victory on the Battle of Chacabuco | Colina | 20 m | 1971 | [62] | |||
| Kartlis Deda (Mother Georgia) | Mother Georgia | Tbilisi | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 1958 | 41°41′17″N 44°48′17″E / 41.68806°N 44.80472°E | |||
| Christ Statue | Jesus | El Picacho city park; Tegucigalpa | 20 m (65.5 ft) | over a 12 m pedestal | 1987 | |||
| Kun Iam statue | Guanyin | 20 m (65.5 ft) | with a 7 m pedestal, 27 m (88 ft) final height | 1999 | 22°11′08″N 113°33′07″E / 22.185686°N 113.551880°E | |||
| Mevlana Statue | Rumi | Izmir, Turkey | 20 m (65.5 ft) | With its foundation it's 25 meters high. There is a cafe below the statue. Work of the sculptor Eray Okkan | 2003 | 38°23′30.45″N 27°10′36.43″E / 38.3917917°N 27.1767861°E | ||
| Christ of Havana | Jesus | La Habana | 20 m (65.5 ft) | with a 3 m pedestal. 23 m (75 ft) total height | 1958 | |||
| Hanuman in New Delhi | Hanuman | Jhandewalan, New Delhi | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 28°38′42″N 77°11′53″E / 28.64496°N 77.197924°E | ||||
| Tenjiku Torai Daikannon | Kannon | Takaichi District, Nara | 20 m | standing | 1983 | |||
| Angel of the North | Angel | Gateshead, England | 20 m (65.5 ft) | Work of Antony Gormley | 1998 | 54°54′51″N 1°35′22″W / 54.91417°N 1.58944°W | ||
| Dream, by Jaume Plensa | Girl’s head with eyes closed | St Helens, Merseyside, England | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 2009 | 53°24′36″N 2°43′19.92″W / 53.41000°N 2.7222000°W | |||
| Guardian of the Valleys[63] | Welsh miner | Six Bells Colliery | 20 m (65 ft) | Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1960 mining disaster that claimed 45 lives | 2010 | |||
| Mansudae Grand Monument | Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il (added 2012) | Pyongyang | 20 m (65.5 ft) | Kim Il Sung remodeled in 2012 with an older appearance | 1972 | 39°1′55.26″N 125°45′10.89″E / 39.0320167°N 125.7530250°E | ||
| Cristo de Las Mesas | Jesus | San Ignacio, Sinaloa | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 2005 | 23°56′31″N 106°25′34″W / 23.941845°N 106.42603°W | |||
| Goddess A-Ma | Mazu | Coloane | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 1998 | 22°07′26″N 113°33′51″E / 22.123810°N 113.564240°E | |||
| Christ of the Ozarks | Jesus | Eureka Springs, Arkansas | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 1966 | 36°24′24.87″N 93°43′23.41″W / 36.4069083°N 93.7231694°W | |||
| Shiva at Kemp Fort | Shiva | Bangalore | 20 m (65.5 ft) | This is the sixth tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in the World (This is the fifth tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in India) | ||||
| Lapu-Lapu shrine | Lapu-Lapu | Mactan Island, Cebu | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 10°18′39″N 124°0′55″E / 10.31083°N 124.01528°E | ||||
| Milesi Maitreya Big Buddha | Maitreya | Mile City | 19.99 m | 1999 | ||||
| The Sanjuanote | John the Baptist | San Juan de los Morros | 19.8 m (62.3 ft) | 1935 | 9°54′45″N 67°21′18″W / 9.91250°N 67.35500°W | |||
| Luang Pho Tho | Gautama Buddha | Ayutthaya | 19 m | [64] | 1334 | |||
| The Great Buddha of Shurakuen | Amitabha | Tōkai, Aichi | 18.8 m (61.68 ft) | Built of reinforced concrete by a businessman from Nagoya, Mr. Saikichi Yamada. It commemorates the marriage of Emperor Showa. | 1927 | |||
| Koyasu Daishi | Kūkai | Gamagōri, Aichi | 18.8 m | standing, total height 30m | 1938 | |||
| Shiva at Bhanjanagar Reservoir | Shiva | Bhanjanagar | 18.6 m (61 ft) | This is the seventh tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in the World (This is the sixth tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in India) | 2013 | |||
| Bavaria | Patron saint of the Bavarian homeland | Theresienwiese, Munich | 18.52 m (60.9 ft) | 27.44 m (90 ft) total monument height (with 8.92 m pedestal) | 1850 | 48°7′49″N 11°32′45″E / 48.13028°N 11.54583°E | ||
| Faro della Vittoria (Victory Lighthouse) | Winged Victory | Parco della Rimembranza (Remembrance Park of World War I), Turin | 18.5 m (60.7 ft) | 26.5 m (86.94 ft) total monument height (with 8 m pedestal); It's a lighthouse, working regularly, on the top of Maddalena Hill | 1928 | 45°3′29.92″N 7°41′26″E / 45.0583111°N 7.69056°E | ||
| Saifukuji Benzaiten | Saraswati | Kagoshima | 18.5 m | sitting | 2000 | |||
| Tongnan Dafo | Gautama | Tongnan County | 18.43 m | 1151[65] | ||||
| Mount Rushmore Monument | George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln | Mount Rushmore, South Dakota | 18.3 m (60 ft) | The height is of each one's head. | 1941 | 43°52′44.21″N 103°27′35.37″W / 43.8789472°N 103.4598250°W | ||
| Praying Hands | Praying Hands | Tulsa, Oklahoma | 18.2 m (60 ft) | Oral Roberts University | 1980 | 36°3′7.47″N 95°57′23.77″W / 36.0520750°N 95.9566028°W | ||
| Stephen F. Austin | Stephen F. Austin | Angleton, Texas | 18.2 m (60 ft) | 2006 | ||||
| Buddha Statue of Hyderabad | Gautama Buddha | Lake Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad | 18 m (59 ft) | Found on Lake Hussain Sagar in the city of Hyderabad | 1992 | 17°24′56″N 78°28′30″E / 17.4155°N 78.475°E | ||
| Gomateswara | Bahubali | Sravanabelagola, Karnataka | 18 m (59 ft) | It's the tallest free–standing monolithic statue in the world.[66] | 983 | |||
| Hanuman | Hanuman | Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh | 18 m (59 ft) | Found on top of the Vidya Giri Hill overlooking the Sri Sathya Sai International Hillview Stadium.[66] | 1985 | |||
| Gundam statue | Gundam | Odaiba, Tokyo | 18 m (59 ft) | 2009 | ||||
| Hotei Daibutsu | Bhaisajyaguru | Kōnan, Aichi | 18 m (59 ft) | sitting | 1954 | |||
| Ikituki Daigyoran Kannon | Kannon | Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki | 18 m (59 ft) | half body statue, total height 21m | 1980 | |||
| Kachigawa Ōkōbō | Kūkai | Kasugai, Aichi | 18 m (59 ft) | standing | 1928 | |||
| Myōchiin Jūichimen Kanzeon Bosatsu | Kannon | Higashimatsuura District, Saga | 18 m (59 ft) | standing | recent | |||
| Nagasaki Kannon | Kannon | Nagasaki | 18 m (59 ft) | standing, total 35m | 1979 | |||
| Ōushikani | Ōushikani[67] | Hino District, Tottori | 18 m (59 ft) | sitting, total height 26m | 1996 | |||
| Monument of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Maracaibo | 18 m (59 ft) | 2004 | 10°38′33″N 71°36′43″W / 10.64250°N 71.61194°W | |||
| Koufuku Jizo | Ksitigarbha | Sado, Niigata | 17.5 m | standing | 1983 | |||
| Longmen Grottoes big buddha | Buddha Vairocana | Luoyang | 17.14 m | sitting | 675 | |||
| Vulcan statue | Vulcan (mythology) | Birmingham, Alabama | 17.1 m (56 ft) | On Red Mountain, source of Birmingham's iron ore. World's largest cast iron statue. | 1904 | 33°29′30.18″N 86°47′43.86″W / 33.4917167°N 86.7955167°W | ||
| Guangyousi Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Liaoyang | 17 m | 21.48m total height | 2004 | |||
| Yungang Grottoes big buddha | Gautama Buddha | Datong | 17 m | sitting | 524 | |||
| Echizen Daibutsu | Vairocana | Katsuyama, Fukui | 17 m | 1987 | ||||
| Fukusenji Jūichimen Kannon | Kannon | Tōno, Iwate | 17 m | 1965 | ||||
| Gokoku Kannon | Kannon | Chichibu, Saitama | 17 m | standing | 1936 | |||
| Jyubu Heiwa Kannon | Kannon | Kitakyushu | 17 m | standing | 1966 | |||
| Ureshino Joju Kannon | Kannon | Fujitsu District, Saga | 17 m | standing | 1983 | |||
| Jolly Green Giant | Jolly Green Giant | Blue Earth, Minnesota | 16.764 m (55 ft) | 1979 | 43°39′02″N 94°5′46″W / 43.65056°N 94.09611°W |
Up to 16 meters [edit]
Destroyed [edit]
Great Buddha of Bamiyan; Vairocana Buddha; Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. 55 m (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Statue of Nebuchadnezzar, Province of Babylon. 45 m[98] (147 ft).
Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; Gautama Buddha; Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 507 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Colossus of Nero (later renamed as Colossus Solis); Rome, Italy. 36 m (120 ft). Completed in 75 with unknown date of destruction.
The Cosmoplanetary Messiah; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001.[99]
Monument to the victory of the people of Slavonia; Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 1968 and destroyed in 1992. It was once the biggest abstract sculpture in the World.[100]
Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region, Greece. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed by earthquake in 226 BC.
Biwako Great Buddha; Buddha Amitabha standing; Nagahama, Shiga 27 m completed in 1937 and broken in 1992.
Statue of Maitreya Buddha; Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 24.5 m (80 ft). Completed in the 19th century and destroyed in 1937.
Beppu Daibutsu; Buddha Amitabha sitting; Beppu, Ōita, Japan. 24 m. Completed in 1927 and broken in 1989.
Hōkō-ji (Kyoto) Daibutsu; Buddha Vairocana sitting; Kyoto, Japan. 20 m. Completed in 1595 and destroyed by earthquake in 1596.
King of Kings Jesus Statue, Monroe, Ohio, United States 19 m (62 ft) Completed in 2004, destroyed in 2010 by lightning strike and fire.
Dahui Temple Dafo; Guanyin; Beijing, China. 18 m. Completed in 1513 and destroyed during Japanese Occupation 1943-45.[101]
Stalin's Monument in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 15.5 m (51 ft), stood on some 15 m (49 ft) pedestal. Completed in 1955, destroyed in 1962.
Statue of Artemis, Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, Turkey. 15 m (49 ft). Completed in c. 550 BC and destroyed in 156 BC.
Statue of Zeus at Olympia; Olympia, Peloponnese region, Greece. 12 m (39 ft). Completed in 432 BC and destroyed in 475 AD.
Goddess of Democracy; Beijing, People's Republic of China. 10 m (33 ft). Completed and destroyed in 1989.
Paro, Rapa Nui, Chile. 9.8 m (32 ft). Completed between circa 1250 CE and 1500 CE. See also Moai Paro.
Statue of Athena Parthenos, Parthenon, Athens, Greece. 9 m (33 ft). Completed in 438 BC and destroyed in the 5th century AD.[102]
Kshitigarbha; Hatyai, Thailand. 9 m (33 ft).
Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Považská Bystrica. 8.70 m (28.5 ft).[103] Completed on Sunday 5.5.1940[104] and destroyed on Monday 5.12.1955.[105]
Colossal statue of Constantine, Basilica Nova of Maxentius and Constantine, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy.[106]
Planned / In progress [edit]
Statue of Unity (depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel); Sadhu Bet riverbed, Gujarat, India.[107] 182 m (597 ft).
Crazy Horse Memorial (depicts Crazy Horse); Black Hills, South Dakota, United States. 172 m (564 ft) when completed.
Garuda Wisnu Kencana (depicts Garuda); Vishnu; Bukit Peninsula, Bali, Indonesia. 146 m (479 ft) height with its wing span 64 meters across.[108]
Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Arecibo, Puerto Rico.[109] 110 m (362 ft).
Bodhisattva Manjusri statue.;Jiangbei District, Chongqing, China. 108m.
Monte Maria Statue (depicts Blessed Virgin Mary; Tagaytay,Philippines.[110] 101 m(331.4 ft).
Maitreya Buddha;Nanchong, China. 99 m carving.[111]
Emperor Yao statue; Gaoyou, China. 99m.[112]
Wufang Dafo (depicts Five Dhyani Buddhas), Qinhuangdao, China. 81m carving.
Noah Statue; North Sumatra, Indonesia. 80 m (262.5 ft).
Laykyun Setkyar Sitting Buddha Statue; Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. 74 m (242 ft).[113]
Yangshan Dafo (depicts Gautama);Urad Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China. 69m.[114]
Bodhidharma statue; Nanjing, China. 68m.[115]
Waking the Dragon (bronze dragon on pedestal); Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom. 64 m (210 ft).
Buddha Dordenma (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu, Bhutan. 51 m (169 ft).
Jiangtaishan Dafo (planning depicts a buddha sitting), Hangzhou, China. 50m carving.
Chengte Dafo (depicts Amitabha);Puli, Nantou, Taiwan. 50 m.[116]
The White Horse at Ebbsfleet; Kent, England, United Kingdom. 50 m (160 ft)
Shivaji statue; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 48 m (159 ft) with a 45.5 m (150 ft) pedestal.
Maitreya Project (depicts Maitreya); Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. 45 m (150 ft).[117]
Jesus Christ statue, Marijan Hill, Split. 41 m (134.5 ft).
Goddess Mazu statue; Kudat, Borneo Island, Malaysia. 36 m (118 ft).
God Basaveshwara statue; Bishma Lake, Gadag, Karnataka, India. 33.8 m (111 ft).[118]
Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Prešov, Prešov District. 33 m (108 ft).[119] The statue should start building in about 2012.[120]
Statue of Durga Maa Bhavani at Ganga Talao lake shrine, Mauritius. 33 m (108 ft).
Statue of Sai Baba, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. 30.5 m (100 ft).[121]
Statue of Buddha (Lord Buddha ); Buddha, village Hatyal Tal. Basavkalyan Ditts.Bidar State Karnataka, India.30 m (97 ft).
New Colossus of Rhodes (titan Helios); Helios, island of Rhodes, Greece. 60 m to 100 m
Statue of Maitreya Buddha; Dashi-Choling monastery, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 24.5 m (80 ft). To be restored with the temple.
Statue of Buddha; city Erdenet, Mongolia. 17 m (56 ft) not including the temple. 22 m (72 ft) including the temple. In progress.
See also [edit]
- List of statues
- List of the tallest statues in the United States
- List Of Colossal Sculpture In Situ
- New Seven Wonders of the World
- Colossi of Memnon
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