List of tallest statues: Difference between revisions
Appearance
Content deleted Content added
pic for Motherland Calls statue |
Theparties (talk | contribs) →Up to 20 metres: no legs |
||
Line 538: | Line 538: | ||
| Shiva at Kemp Fort || [[Shiva]] || [[Bangalore]] || India || 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)''|| || || [[File:Bangalore Shiva.jpg|75px|none]] |
| Shiva at Kemp Fort || [[Shiva]] || [[Bangalore]] || India || 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)''|| || || [[File:Bangalore Shiva.jpg|75px|none]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| [[Lapu-Lapu shrine]] || [[Lapu-Lapu]] || [[Mactan Island]], [[Cebu]] || Philippines || 20 m (65.5 ft) || || || {{coord|10|18|39|N|124|0|55|E|type:landmark_region:PH|name=Lapu Lapu Shrine}} || [[File: |
| [[Lapu-Lapu shrine]] || [[Lapu-Lapu]] || [[Mactan Island]], [[Cebu]] || Philippines || 20 m (65.5 ft) || || || {{coord|10|18|39|N|124|0|55|E|type:landmark_region:PH|name=Lapu Lapu Shrine}} || [[File:Lapu - lapu Statue in Cebu, Philippines.jpg|75px|none]] |
||
|- |
|- |
||
| Milesi Maitreya Big Buddha || Maitreya || [[Mile City]]|| China || 19.99 m || ||1999|| || |
| Milesi Maitreya Big Buddha || Maitreya || [[Mile City]]|| China || 19.99 m || ||1999|| || |
Revision as of 23:09, 24 March 2014
Template:Contains Chinese text
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Height_comparison_of_notable_statues_%28vector%29.svg/250px-Height_comparison_of_notable_statues_%28vector%29.svg.png)
- Statue of Unity 240 m (790 ft) (incl. 58 m (190 ft) base)
- Spring Temple Buddha 153 m (502 ft) (incl. 25 m (82 ft) pedestal and 20 m (66 ft) throne)
- Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) 93 m (305 ft) (incl. 47 m (154 ft) pedestal)
- The Motherland Calls 87 m (285 ft) (incl. 2 m (6 ft 7 in) pedestal)
- Christ the Redeemer 38 m (125 ft) (incl. 8 m (26 ft) pedestal)
- Michelangelo's David 5.17 m (17.0 ft) (excl. 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) plinth)
The following is a list of statues by height.
Existing
Over 100 metres
Up to 100 metres
Up to 40 metres
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Shichikama Shokannon | Kannon | Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki | Japan | 40 m (132 ft) | standing | 1990 | ||
Shinran Shonin | Shinran | Kitakanbara District, Niigata | Japan | 40 m (132 ft) | standing | 1990 | ||
José María Morelos statue | José María Morelos | Janitzio island, Michoacán | Mexico | 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 | Mongolia | 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 | Taiwan, ROC | 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 | Turkey | 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 | India | 39 m (128 ft) | 2013 | [27] | ||
Big Buddha Statue of Wat Phothikyan Phut Thak Tham | Amitabha | Pasir Puteh, Kelantan | Malaysia | 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 | Ürümqi, Xinjiang | China | 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 | China | 38.66 m | sitting | 2004 | ||
Daishaka | Gautama Buddha | Tamana, Kumamoto | Japan | 38.5 m | sitting | 1979 | ||
Laozi of Laojunshan Mountain | Laozi | Luanchuan County, Luoyang, Henan province | China | 38 m (124.5 ft) | Gilded bronze statue.[30] | 2010 | ||
Statue of Padmasambhava in Rewalsar | Guru Rinpoche | Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh | India | 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 | India | 37 m (122 ft) | The Second Tallest Lord Shiva statue in the World (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 | China | 37 m (121 ft) | [32] | Tang Dynasty | ||
The Merlion of Sentosa | A merlion | Sentosa | Singapore | 37 m (121 ft) | 1996 | 1°15′13″N 103°49′08″E / 1.2535°N 103.818794°E | ![]() | |
Christ the King | Jesus | Świebodzin | Poland | 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 | China | 36 m (118 ft) | 88-ton indoor statue made of gilded bronze. | 2007 | ||
Statue of Padmasambhava in Namchi | Guru Rinpoche | Namchi, Sikkim | India | 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 | USSR | 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 | File:Алёша (июль 2012).JPG |
Shandan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Shandan County | China | 35 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[35] | ||
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara of Tazawako | Avalokitesvara | Tazawako, Akita prefecture | Japan | 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 | Spain | 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 | China | 35 m | near 26m South Big Statue sitting Maitreya built during Kaiyuan | 694 | ||
Cristo de la Concordia | Jesus | Cochabamba | Bolivia | 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 | Hong Kong | 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 | China | 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 | China | 33 m | sitting Budai[37] | 2008 | ||
Yishan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Guanyun County | China | 33 m | sitting | 2009 | ||
Guanshiyin Pusa Shengxiang in Guanyin Shan | Guanyin | Dongguang | China | 33 m | carving | 2001 | ||
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) | Mary | Le Mas-Rillier in Miribel, Ain | France | 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 | Mauritius | 33 m (108 ft) | 2007 | 20°24′59″S 57°29′33″E / 20.4164°S 57.4924°E | ||
Hanuman Murti in Shahjahanpur | Hanumat Dham | Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh | India | 32 m (104 ft) | Standing | 2013 | ||
Hanuman Murti in Shimla | Hanuman | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | India | 33 m (108 ft) | Located at 8,500 ft(2,591 mt) above sea level | 2010 | ||
Basava statue at Basavakalyan, Bidar | Basava | Basavakalyan, Karnataka | India | 33 m (108 ft) | The 1st tallest Lord Basava Statue in the World | 2012 | ||
Junkin Kaiun Hoju Daikanzeon Bosatsu | Kannon | Ichishi District, Mie | Japan | 33 m | standing | 1982 | ||
Taniyama no Daikannon | Kannon | Kagoshima | Japan | 33 m | standing | 2001 | ||
Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa | Maitreya Buddha | Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province | South Korea | 33 m (108 ft) | 1990 | |||
Mindroling Monastery Buddha statue | Gautama Buddha | Dehradun, Uttarakhand state | India | 32.6 m (107 ft) | ![]() | |||
Luang Pho To | Maitreya | Bangkok | Thailand | 32.5 m (106 ft) | ![]() | |||
Baxianshan Dafo | Buddha | Pingshan County, Sichuan | China | 32 m | standing | Ming Dynasty | ||
Diskit Monastery Buddha statue | Jampa Buddha | Diskit, Nubra Valley, Ladakh | India | 32 m (105 ft) | 2010 | |||
Hanuman in Nandura | Hanuman | Maharashtra | India | 32 m (105 ft) | ![]() | |||
Statue of Mao in Juzizhou | Mao Zedong | Yuelu District, Changsha | China | 32 m (105 ft) | 2009[39] | |||
Bhaisajyaguru of the Nihon-ji Temple | Buddha - Bhaisajyaguru | Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba | Japan | 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 | Gangtan,Sampla Beri Road Hariyana | India | 101 ft | Standing Statue Made by Murtikar Chandulal Verma | 2012 | [8] | |
Jalesveva Jayamahe | Navy Officer | Surabaya | Indonesia | Template:Ntsc | Standing 30 metres concrete building.Total height 60.6 m | 1996 | 7°11′46.74″S 112°44′23.16″E / 7.1963167°S 112.7397667°E | |
Mazu Statue | Mazu | Sinwu, Taoyuan | Taiwan | 30.5 m (100 ft) | The tallest Mazu statue in Taiwan | 2001 | 24°58′32″N 121°01′35″E / 24.975662°N 121.026496°E | |
Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri | Shiva | Haridwar, Uttarakhand | India | 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 | Brazil | 30.5 m (100 ft) | 2005 | 4°22′03″S 39°18′19″W / 4.367486°S 39.305166°W | ![]() |
Up to 30 metres[41]
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christ Blessing (Kristus kase Berkat) | Jesus | Manado | Indonesia | 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 | Japan | 30 m | standing | 1607 | ||
Cristo Resucitado (Christ Resurrected) | Jesus | Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State | Mexico | 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 | Ecuador | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on an 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 | Brazil | 40 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 | Malaysia | 30 m | sitting | [42] | ||
Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple | Guanyin | Air Itam, Penang island | Malaysia | 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 | Spain | 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 | 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 | 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 | China | 29 m (95 ft) | 1998 | 22°58′41″N 114°01′06″E / 22.978158°N 114.018454°E | ||
Erawan Museum | Airavata | Samut Prakan | Thailand | 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 | China | 28 m | standing near 24m sitting Buddha Prabhutaratna | Kaiyuan | ||
Biwako Daibutsu | Amitabha | Nagahama, Shiga | Japan | 28 m | standing | 1994 | ||
Haraturu Syouryu Daikannon | Kannon | Asakura District, Fukuoka | Japan | 28 m | standing | 1987 | ||
Shippoji Daikannon | Kannon | Nose, Osaka | Japan | 28 m | standing | 2002 | ||
Monumental Virgen de Guadalupe | Virgin Mary | Xicotepec de Juarez, Puebla | Mexico | 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 | Portugal | 28 m (92 ft) | Stands on an 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 Vũng Tàu (Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua) | Jesus | Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province | Vietnam | 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 | China | 27.21 m | standing | 1755 | ||
Cristo Rei of Dili | Jesus | Dili | East Timor | 27 m | Standing on a globe | 1996 | ![]() | |
Qianshou Guanyin of Donglin Temple | Guanyin | Jinshan District, Shanghai | China | 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 | USSR | 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 | China | 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 | Japan | 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 | East Timor | 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 | United States | 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 | North Korea | 27 m (88.6 ft) | 1993 | 39°02′25″N 125°44′17″E / 39.040359°N 125.738147°E | ||
Smiling Buddha of the Bao Jue Temple | Maitreya Buddha | Taichung | Taiwan, ROC | 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 | Sri Lanka | 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 | Germany | 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 | Sōma city, Fukushima prefecture | Japan | 26.4 m (87 ft) | 1930 (construction started) | |||
Migjid Janraisig in the Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery | Avalokitesvara | Ulan Bator | Mongolia | 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 | India | 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 | Trinidad and Tobago | 26 m (85 ft) | ||||
Adinath, Bawangaja | Adinath | Barwani, Madhya Pradesh | India | 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 | Colombia | 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 | Nicaragua | 26 m (85 ft) | 2009 | 11°15′N 85°52′W / 11.250°N 85.867°W |
| |
Shivagiri of Bijapur | Shiva | Bijapur, Karnataka | India | 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 | China | 25.7 m | 2002 | |||
The Skowhegan Indian [9] | Abenaki American Indian | Skowhegan, Maine | United States | 25 m | The world's tallest statue of an American Indian. | 1969 | ||
The Broken Christ | Jesus | San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes | Mexico | 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 | France | 25 m (82 ft) | 1934 | ![]() | ||
Great Buddha in the coiled Nāga | Buddha | inside the Xieng Khuan, Vientiane | Laos | 25 m (82 ft) | ||||
Ōfuna Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Kamakura, Kanagawa | Japan | 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 | Vũng Tàu (Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu) | Vietnam | 25 m (82 ft) | 1992 | 1992 | Located at 28 m above sea level | |
National Monument to the Forefathers | Faith | Plymouth, Massachusetts | United States | 25 m (81 ft) | with a 13 m (45 ft) pedestal; commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims[47] | 1888 | ||
Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple | Hanuman | Amritsar, Punjab state | India | 24.5 m (80 ft) | ||||
Great Buddha Statue in Bodhgaya | Buddha | Bihar, Bodhgaya | India | 25 m (80 ft) | 1989[48] | ![]() | ||
Binxian Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Bin County, Shaanxi | China | 24 m | standing | 692 | ||
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman | Proletarian workers | Moscow | USSR | 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 | Malaysia | 24 m (77 ft) | [49] | Construction started 1975 | ||
Heiwa Kannon of Funaoka Park | Kannon (Guanyin)'s embodiment as the goddess of Peace | near Funaoka station, Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 24 m (77 m) | 1975 | ![]() | ||
Kannon of the Ryozen Historical Memorial | Kannon (Guanyin) | Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture | Japan | 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, Khánh Hòa Province | Vietnam | 24 m (77 ft) | [50] | 1964 | 12°15′07″N 109°10′51″E / 12.251994°N 109.18086°E | ![]() |
Sancarlone | Saint Charles Borromeo | Arona, province of Novara | Italy | 23.5 m (77 ft) | Standing on an 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 | Japan | 23.5 m | sitting | 1972 | ||
Gangu Dafo | Gautama | Gangu County | China | 23.3 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[51] | ||
Cristo Rey de los Álamos | Jesus | Tijuana, Baja California state | Mexico | 23.3 m (76 ft) | [52] | 1999 | ||
Lord Shiva | Shiva Temple, Kachnar City | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh state | India | 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 | Armenia | 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 | China | 23 m | standing | Tang Dynasty | ||
Miroku Daikannon | Kannon | Nasu, Tochigi | Japan | 23 m | standing | 2000 | ||
Christ the King in Saint Apollonia mount | Jesus | Pachuca, Hidalgo | Mexico | 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 | Japan | 23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 12 m pedestal. 35 m (115 ft) total height[53] | 1971 | ||
Cristo Rey del Tupungato | Jesus | Tupungato Valley, Mendoza Province | Argentina | 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 | Mexico | 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 | Indonesia | 23 m (75 ft) | Original project was to construct a 140 m sculpture, currently on hiatus.[54] | |||
Hanuman Vatika | Hanuman | Rourkela, Orissa state | India | 23 m (75 ft) | ||||
Golden Buddha in the Likir Monastery | Maitreya Buddha | Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir | India | 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 | United States | 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 | Mongolia | 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 | Spain | 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 | Taiwan, ROC | 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 | China | 22.29 m | Later Zhao | [55] | ||
Cristo del Pacífico | Jesus | Lima, Lima Province | Peru | 22 m | Stands on a 15 m pedestal, 37 m total height. | 2011 | ||
Cristo de La Caldera | Jesus | Salta Province | Argentina | 22 m (72 ft) | 26 m (86.3 ft) total monument height | 1969 | ![]() | |
Monument to the Battle of Sakarya | Turkish Soldier | Polatlı, Ankara | Turkey | 22 m | Stands on a 9 m pedestal, 31 m total height. | 2008 | ||
Heart of Jesus Lookout | Jesus | Lupeni, Harghita County | Romania | 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 | Italy | 22 m (72 ft) | [56] | 1965 | ![]() | |
Aumisme Buddha Maitreya in Mandarom | Buddha - Maitreya | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | France | 22 m (72 ft) | [57] | 1981 | ![]() | |
Changhua Great Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Changhua City | Taiwan | 22 m (72 ft) | Is on top of Bagua Mountain, 6 floors contains a Buddhist museum inside of the Buddha. | 1956[58] | 24°04′43″N 120°32′57″E / 24.0785361111°N 120.54922629°E | |
Minotauro | Defeated minotauro fleeing to Creta | Jerez de la Frontera, province of Cadiz | Spain | 22 m (72 ft) | [59] | 2003 | ![]() | |
Shuangmian Guanyin | Guanyin | Wuhan | China | 21.8 m | 2003 | |||
Cristo de las Noas | Jesus | Torreón, Coahuila | Mexico | 21.8 m (71.5 ft) | ![]() | |||
Fushun Dafo | Vairocana | Fushun | China | 21.48 m | 2009[60] | |||
Foguang Dafo in Foguangsi | Amitabha | Huilai County | China | 21.34 m | 23.42m total height | 1997 | ||
Guanyin Zuolian Baoxiang in Dahuaxingsi | Avalokitesvara | Shenzhen | China | 21.3 m | 2008 | |||
Dainichi Nyorai of the Seiryū-ji Temple | Buddha - Vairocana | Aomori city, Aomori prefecture | Japan | 21.3 m (70 ft) | 1984 | |||
Guanyin of the Longxing Monastery | Guanyin | near Zhengding, Hebei province | China | 21.3 (70 ft) | 971 | |||
Cosmic Christ | Jesus | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | France | 21 m (69 ft) | 1987 | |||
Seinen Daishi | Kūkai | Muroto, Kōchi | Japan | 21 m | standing | 1984 | ||
Tiangong Dafo | Guatama | Shaoxing | China | 20.8 m | by 3 successive generations of a sculptor family | between Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty[61] | ||
Xumishan Grottes Big Buddha | Maitreya | Guyuan | China | 20.6 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[62] | ||
Cristo de El Cubilete (Christ King of the Mountain of El Cubilete) | Jesus | Silao, Guanajuato | Mexico | 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 | United States | 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 | United States | 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 | Egypt | 20.22 m (66 ft) | [63] | 2532 BC approx. | 29°58′31″N 31°08′16″E / 29.97528°N 31.13778°E | ![]() |
Stainless steel Ganlu Guanyin | Guanyin | Wenshang County | China | 20.15 m | 2009 | |||
Confucius of Zichuan | Confucius | Zichuan, Zibo City, Shandong province | China | 20.09 m | A bronze statue.[64] | 2010 |
Up to 20 metres
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Temple of Ramesses II | Ramesses II | Abu Simbel, Egypt | Egypt | 20 m | 1264BC | 22°20′13″N 31°37′32″E / 22.33694°N 31.62556°E | ![]() | |
Kunming Dafo | Gautama | Anning, Yunnan | China | 20 m | 1980s | |||
Jilesi Dafo | Amitabha | Harbin | China | 20 m | 2009 | |||
Qianfoshan Mile Shengyuan Mile Dafo | Maitreya | Jinan | China | 20 m | 29m total height | 2008 | ||
Yaowanggu Dafo | Bhaisajyaguru | Mianyang | China | 20 m | 2010 | |||
Statue of Mao in the Chongqing Medical University | Mao Zedong | Chongqing | China | 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 | China | 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 | Chile | 20 m | 1971 | [65] | ||
Kartlis Deda (Mother Georgia) | Mother Georgia | Tbilisi | Georgia | 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 | Honduras | 20 m (65.5 ft) | over a 12 m pedestal | 1987 | ||
Kun Iam statue | Guanyin | Macau | 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 | Turkey | 20 m (65.5 ft) | With its foundation it's 25 metres 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 | Cuba | 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 | India | 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 | Japan | 20 m | standing | 1983 | ||
Angel of the North | Angel | Gateshead, England | United Kingdom | 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 | United Kingdom | 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[66] | Welsh miner | Six Bells Colliery | United Kingdom | 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 | North Korea | 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 | Mexico | 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 | Macau | 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 | United States | 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 | India | 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 | Philippines | 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 | China | 19.99 m | 1999 | |||
Ganesha temple | Panchamukhi Ganesha | Bangalore | India | 19,77;m(63 ft) | Sitting on Temple | 2010 | ||
The Sanjuanote | John the Baptist | San Juan de los Morros | Venezuela | 19.8 m (62.3 ft) | 1935 | 9°54′45″N 67°21′18″W / 9.91250°N 67.35500°W | ||
Beacon Of Hope | Lady with "The Ring of Thanksgiving" | Belfast | United Kingdom | 19.5 m | Built of stainless steel and cast bronze, she spirals upwards and holds aloft "the ring of thanksgiving" | 2007 | 54°35′58″N 5°55′17″W / 54.59944°N 5.92139°W | |
Luang Pho Tho | Gautama Buddha | Ayutthaya | Thailand | 19 m | [67] | 1334 | ![]() | |
The Great Buddha of Shurakuen | Amitabha | Tōkai, Aichi | Japan | 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 | Japan | 18.8 m | standing, total height 30m | 1938 | ||
Shiva at Bhanjanagar Reservoir | Shiva | Bhanjanagar | India | 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 | Germany | 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 | Italy | 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 | Japan | 18.5 m | sitting | 2000 | ||
Tongnan Dafo | Gautama | Tongnan County | China | 18.43 m | 1151[68] | |||
Mount Rushmore Monument | George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln | Mount Rushmore, South Dakota | United States | 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 | United States | 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 | United States | 18.2 m (60 ft) | 2006 | |||
Long Live the Victory of Mao Zedong Thought | Mao Zedong | Shenyang | China | 18 m (59 ft) | 1970 | 41°47′48.6″N 123°24′37.6″E / 41.796833°N 123.410444°E | ![]() | |
Buddha Statue of Hyderabad | Gautama Buddha | Lake Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad | India | 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 | India | 18 m (59 ft) | It's the tallest free–standing monolithic statue in the world.[69] | 983 | ![]() | |
Hanuman | Hanuman | Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh | India | 18 m (59 ft) | Found on top of the Vidya Giri Hill overlooking the Sri Sathya Sai International Hillview Stadium.[69] | 1985 | ||
Gundam statue | Gundam | Odaiba, Tokyo | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | 2009 | |||
Hotei Daibutsu | Bhaisajyaguru | Kōnan, Aichi | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | sitting | 1954 | ||
Ikituki Daigyoran Kannon | Kannon | Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | Half body statue, total height 21 m | 1980 | ||
Kachigawa Ōkōbō | Kūkai | Kasugai, Aichi | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | standing | 1928 | ||
Myōchiin Jūichimen Kanzeon Bosatsu | Kannon | Higashimatsuura District, Saga | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | standing | recent | ||
Nagasaki Kannon | Kannon | Nagasaki | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | standing, total 35m | 1979 | ||
Ōushikani | Ōushikani[70] | Hino District, Tottori | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | sitting, total height 26m | 1996 | ||
Monument of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 18 m (59 ft) | 2004 | 10°38′33″N 71°36′43″W / 10.64250°N 71.61194°W | ![]() | |
Koufuku Jizo | Ksitigarbha | Sado, Niigata | Japan | 17.5 m | standing | 1983 | ||
Longmen Grottoes big buddha | Buddha Vairocana | Luoyang | China | 17.14 m | sitting | 675 | ||
Vulcan statue | Vulcan (mythology) | Birmingham, Alabama | United States | 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 | ![]() |
Hanuman Veera Hanuman | Anjaneya Swaami | Kondagattu, Karimnagar | India | 17.06 m (56 ft) | standing | |||
Statue of Padre Cícero | Padre Cícero | Juazeiro do Norte | Brazil | 17 m (55.7 ft) | With a base of 10 m. 27 m (88.6 ft) total monument height. | 1969 | 7°10′47″S 39°19′48″W / 7.179750°S 39.330000°W | ![]() |
Guangyousi Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Liaoyang | China | 17 m | 21.48m total height | 2004 | ||
Yungang Grottoes big buddha | Gautama Buddha | Datong | China | 17 m | sitting | 524 | ||
Echizen Daibutsu | Vairocana | Katsuyama, Fukui | Japan | 17 m | 1987 | |||
Fukusenji Jūichimen Kannon | Kannon | Tōno, Iwate | Japan | 17 m | 1965 | |||
Gokoku Kannon | Kannon | Chichibu, Saitama | Japan | 17 m | standing | 1936 | ||
Jyubu Heiwa Kannon | Kannon | Kitakyushu | Japan | 17 m | standing | 1966 | ||
Ureshino Joju Kannon | Kannon | Fujitsu District, Saga | Japan | 17 m | standing | 1983 | ||
Jolly Green Giant | Jolly Green Giant | Blue Earth, Minnesota | United States | 16.764 m (55 ft) | 1979 | 43°39′02″N 94°5′46″W / 43.65056°N 94.09611°W |
Up to 16 metres
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Monument of the Holy Mother of God | Mary | Haskovo, Haskovo Province | Bulgaria | 16 m (52.48 ft) | Stands on a 17 m tall pedestal. 33 m (108.24 ft) total height.[71] | 2003 | 41°55′42.33″N 25°33′16.02″E / 41.9284250°N 25.5544500°E | |
Dule Temple Guanyin | Guanyin | Ji County, Tianjin | China | 16 m | about 649[72] | |||
Huayansi Jinfo | Gautama Buddha | Chongqing | China | 16 m | 2011 | |||
Statue of Notre-Dame de France | Mary | Le-Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne | France | 16 m (52.48 ft) | Stands on a 6.70 m tall pedestal. 22.70 m total height. | 1860 | 45°02′50″N 3°53′07″E / 45.047288°N 3.8852°E | ![]() |
Saian Kōbō Daishi | Kūkai | Matsuyama, Ehime | Japan | 16 m | standing | recent | ||
Buduruvagala Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Wellawaya, | Sri Lanka | 16 m (52.48 ft) | 1860 | |||
Phra Si Sakkaya Thotsaphonlayan Prathan Phutthamonthon Suthat | Gautama Buddha | Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom Province | Thailand | 15.875 m | [73] | 1981 | ![]() | |
Lux Mundi | Jesus Christ | Monroe, Ohio | United States | 15.8 m (52 ft) | Designed by Tom Tsuchiya | 2012 | 39°27′13.78″N 84°19′35.37″W / 39.4538278°N 84.3264917°W | ![]() |
Shri Bhaktha Anjaneyar | Anjaneyar - Bhaktha Anjaneyar | Vedasandur, Dindigul Dist | India | 15.544 m (51 ft) | [74] | 2008 | ![]() | |
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Bathinda | India | 15.24 m | ? | ? | ||
Kamay ni Hesus | Jesus Christ | Lucban, Quezon | Philippines | 15.24 m (50 ft) | ||||
Buddha of Chua Linh-Son Buddhist Temple | Buddha | Santa Fe, Texas | United States | 15.24 m | ? | ? | ||
Divine Mercy Shrine | Christ the Divine Mercy | El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental | Philippines | 15.24 m (50 ft) | The Tallest Divine Mercy Statue in the world | 2008 | ||
Birushana Nyorai Buddha of Tōdai-ji | Buddha - Vairocana | Nara city | Japan | 15 m | The body of the statue was reconstructed in 1185, and the head rebuilt in 1692 | 752 | ![]() | |
Big Merino | Merino ram | Goulburn | Australia | 15 m (49.2 ft) | Moved 2007 to a new site in Goulburn. | 1985 | 34°46′21″S 149°41′29″E / 34.772585°S 149.691451°E | ![]() |
Rear to front | Worker passing sword to warior | Magnitogorsk | USSR | 15 m (49.2 ft) | Part of triptych with Soviet_War_Memorial_(Treptower_Park) and The_Motherland_Calls | 1979 | 53°24′26″N 58°59′33″E / 53.40722°N 58.99255°E | |
Lenin statue | Vladimir Lenin | Dubna | USSR | 15 m (49.2 ft) | Stands on a 10 m pedestal. Second tallest Lenin statue in the world | 1937 | 56°44′0″N 37°09′0″E / 56.73333°N 37.15000°E | |
Statue of Liberty (Mytilene) | Lady Liberty | Mytilene | Greece | 15 m (47 ft) | Height includes marble pedestal | 1930 | 39°6′20.2″N 26°33′48.2″E / 39.105611°N 26.563389°E | |
Trees of Mystery | Paul Bunyan | Klamath, California | United States | 14.9 m (49.2 ft) | 1961 | 41°35′01″N 124°05′10″W / 41.58361°N 124.08611°W | ![]() | |
Black Hawk Statue | "The Eternal Indian" (Native American) | Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois | United States | 14.6 m (48 ft) | 1911 | 42°2′03″N 89°19′59″W / 42.03417°N 89.33306°W | ![]() | |
Warrior on a Horse statue | Alexander the Great | Skopje | Macedonia | 14.5 m (40 ft) | Stands on top of a 10 m base. 24.5 m total monument height[75] | 2011 | 41°35′41″N 21°25′54″E / 41.594604°N 21.431698°E | ![]() |
San Cristobal Hill Virgin | Mary | Santiago | Chile | 14 m (46 ft) | Stands upon an 8 m pedestal. 22.30 m (73.16 ft) total monument height | 1908 | 33°25′30.5″S 70°37′58.46″W / 33.425139°S 70.6329056°W | |
Great Matzu in Fujian | Mazu | Meizhou Island, Fujian | China | 14 m (46 ft) | 1990[76] | 25°05′22″N 119°08′30″E / 25.089486°N 119.14175°E | ![]() | |
Our Lady of Lourdes | Mary | Paraparaumu | New Zealand | 14 m (46 ft) | ||||
Statue of the Victor | Pobednik | Belgrade | Serbia | 14 m (46 ft) | ||||
Liberty Statue in Budapest | Lady Liberty | Gellért Hill, Budapest | Hungary | 14 m (46 ft) | Stands on a 26 m (85 ft) pedestal, total height 40 m (131 ft). | 1947 | 47°29′11″N 19°02′53″E / 47.486389°N 19.048056°E | |
The Brownhills Miner | Miner statue | Brownhills, West Midlands | United Kingdom | 14 m (46 ft) | Created by sculptor John McKenna, fabricated in stainless steel. Official nickname for the colossal statue is Jigger | 2006 | 52°38′54″N 1°56′08″W / 52.648361°N 1.935463°W | ![]() |
Gifu Great Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Gifu | Japan | 13.7 m (44.9 ft) | 1832 | ![]() | ||
Kamakura Daibutsu | Buddha - Amitabha | Kamakura, Kanagawa | Japan | 13.5 m | Second largest bronze Buddha statue in Japan[77] | 1252 | 35°19′0.59″N 139°32′8.48″E / 35.3168306°N 139.5356889°E | ![]() |
The Keeper of the Plains | Native American | Wichita, Kansas | United States | 13.4 m (44 ft) | Stands upon a 30 ft rock promontory | 1974 | 37°41′29″N 97°20′59″W / 37.69139°N 97.34972°W | |
Athena Parthenos | Athena | Nashville, Tennessee | United States | 12.75 m (40.83 ft) | Created by sculptor Alan LeQuire. Housed in Nashville's full-scale replica of the Parthenon. The largest indoor sculpture in the Western world.[78] | unveiled in 1990, gilded in 2002 | 36°08′59″N 86°48′49″W / 36.14972°N 86.81361°W | ![]() |
Borba Gato Statue | Manuel de Borba Gato | São Paulo | Brazil | 12.3 m (40 ft) | 1963 | |||
Statue of Mao in Chengdu | Mao Zedong | Chengdu, China | China | 12.26 m (40.2 ft) | Total monument height: 30 m (98.4 ft) | (1966–1976) | 30°39′40.05″N 104°3′48.21″E / 30.6611250°N 104.0633917°E | ![]() |
Avukana Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Kekirawa, | Sri Lanka | 12.2 m (40 ft) | 470 | ![]() | ||
Yuri Gagarin monument | Yuri Gagarin | Moscow | USSR | 12.1 m (40 ft) | Stands on a 27.5 m (90 ft) pedestal, total height 40 m | 1980 | ||
Our Lady of Peace Shrine | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Pine Bluffs, Wyoming | United States | 12 m (40 ft) | Stands on a base of 3 m (10 ft)[79] | 1998 | 41°10′56″N 104°3′13″W / 41.18222°N 104.05361°W | |
Burning Man | The Man | Black Rock City, Nevada | United States | 12 m (40 ft) | Base heights vary resulting in total heights from 12 m (40 ft) to 32 m (104 ft) | 1989 | 40°46′9″N 119°13′12″W / 40.76917°N 119.22000°W | |
Willow Man | Bridgwater, Somerset | United Kingdom | 12 m | 51°9′1.66″N 2°58′52.32″W / 51.1504611°N 2.9812000°W | ![]() | |||
Vision of Peace | Native American | City Hall, St Paul, Minnesota | United States | 11.6 m (38 ft) | 1936 | ![]() | ||
Monument Statue Aerospace (Patung Monumen Dirgantara) | Spaceman | Pancoran, Jakarta | Indonesia | 11 m | Standing 27 metres tall pedestal. Total height 38 m | 1965 | ![]() | |
Victory on Slavín | Bratislava, Bratislava District | Slovakia | 11 m[80] | 1960 | 48°09′14″N 17°05′59″E / 48.15389°N 17.09972°E | ![]() | ||
Mounagiri Hanuman | Abhaya Hastha Hanuman | Anantapur, andhrapradesh | India | 11 m (36 ft) | It's the South India tallest monolithic statue located at Mounagiri Global Trust. | 2010 | ![]() | |
Iron Man | Iron Miner | Chisholm, Minnesota | United States | 10.9 m (36 ft) | Stands on a base that raises the statue up to 26 m (85 ft)[81] see article | 1987 | 47°28′53″N 92°53′46″W / 47.48139°N 92.89618°W | |
Portlandia | Portland, Oregon | United States | 10.62 m (34 ft 10 in) | Second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty[82] | 1985 | 45°30′56″N 122°40′45″W / 45.51556°N 122.67917°W | ||
King Neptune | Neptune | Virginia Beach, Virginia | United States | 10.4 m (34 ft) | 2005 | 36°51′35″N 75°58′39″W / 36.85972°N 75.97750°W | ||
Mazinger Z | Mazinger Z | El Pla de Santa Maria, Tarragona | Spain | 10 m (33 ft) | 1976 | 41°22′58″N 1°19′44″E / 41.38278°N 1.32889°E | ![]() | |
Tito statue | Josip Broz Tito | Velenje | Slovenia | 10 m (33 ft) | 1977 | 46°21′33″N 15°6′51″E / 46.35917°N 15.11417°E | ||
Viswaroopa Bhakta Anjaneya | Viswaroopa Hanuman | Nanganallur, Chennai | India | 9.8 m (32 ft) | 1989 | 12°58′31″N 80°11′32″E / 12.97528°N 80.19222°E | ||
Christ the Redeemer | Christ the Redeemer | Klin, Námestovo District | Slovakia | 9.5 m[83] | 2008[84] | 49°27′12″N 19°28′59″E / 49.45333°N 19.48306°E | ![]() | |
Statue of Mary | Mary | Rome, Region of Lazio | Italy | 9.5 m (30 ft) | [85] | 2010 | ||
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Washington, District of Columbia | United States | 9.5 m (30 ft) | [86] | 2011 | ||
The Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom | Lapu-Lapu | Teodoro F. Valencia Circle, Rizal Park in Manila | Philippines | 9.5 m (30 ft) | Monument stands on a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal. Total height is 12.1 m (40 ft)[87] see article | 2004 | 14°34′57.46″N 120°58′42.85″E / 14.5826278°N 120.9785694°E | |
Kuan Yin statue | Guanyin | Seremban, Negeri Sembilan | Malaysia | 9.1 m[88] | 2011 | |||
Muse of Missouri | Kansas City, Missouri | United States | 9.1 m | 1961 | 39°06′14″N 94°34′59″W / 39.10389°N 94.58306°W | |||
Johnny Kaw | Johnny Kaw | Manhattan, Kansas | United States | 9.1 m (30 ft) | [89] | 1955 | 39°18′02″N 96°57′36″W / 39.30056°N 96.96000°W | |
Nelson Mandela | Nelson Mandela | Union Buildings, Pretoria | South Africa | 9 m[90] | Took place of staue of JBM Hertzog[91] | 2013 | ||
Jan Žižka Statue | Jan Žižka on horse | Praha, Praha District | Czech Republic | 9 m[92] | 1950 | 50°05′18″N 14°26′56″E / 50.08833°N 14.44889°E | ||
Fisher Girl Statue | near Zhuhai, Province of Guangdong | China | 8.7 m (28.5 ft) | [93] | 1982 | 22°15′55.35″N 113°34′59.8″W / 22.2653750°N 113.583278°W | ||
Our Lady of Lebanon Statue | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Basilique of Harissa, Harissa | Lebanon | 8.5 m | 1907 | |||
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Nrusinghanath Temple, Bargarh, Odisha | India | 8.5 m (28 ft) | 2010 | |||
Outdoor Crucifix | Jesus Christ | Cross in the Woods National Shrine, Indian River, Michigan | United States | 8.5 m (28 ft) | The measurement is for the corpus alone, which is mounted on a 17 m (55 ft) tall crucifix | August 9, 1959 | ![]() | |
Hercules Monument | Hercules | Kassel, Hesse | Germany | 8.25 m (27.06 ft) | Total height 70.5 m, 32.65m for the Octagon; 29.60m for the Pyramid and 8.25m for the Statue itself | 1717 | 51°18′57.6″N 9°23′34.8″E / 51.316000°N 9.393000°E | ![]() |
El Cristo Redentor | La Cumbre Pass | Argentina/Chile | 8 m (26.3 ft) | [94] | 1904 | 32°49′30.6″S 70°4′14.8″W / 32.825167°S 70.070778°W | ![]() | |
Cristo Blanco (White Christ) | Jesus | Cusco, Cusco Province | Peru | 8 m (26.3 ft) | 1945 | ![]() | ||
Monumento al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús | Jesus | San Juan de Aznalfarache, Sevilla | Spain | 8 m (26.3 ft) | 41 m | 1948 | 37°21′56.11″N 6°1′37.16″W / 37.3655861°N 6.0269889°W | ![]() |
Map the Miner | Kapunda, South Australia | Australia | 7 m (23 ft) | 2007 | 34°21′7.56″S 138°54′24.12″E / 34.3521000°S 138.9067000°E | ![]() | ||
Standing Buddha in Gal Vihara | Buddha | Polonnaruwa, North Central Province | Sri Lanka | 7 m (23 ft) | [95] | ![]() | ||
Colossal Statue of Shapur I in Shapur cave | Shapur I | Bishapur, Fars | Iran | 7 m (23 ft) | On a 1300m mountain, in a large cave[96] | About 270 (Sasanids era) | 29°46′40″N 51°34′15″E / 29.77778°N 51.57083°E | ![]() |
Statue of Avalokitesvara in Xiangguo Temple | Guanyin | Kaifeng, Province of Henan | China | 7 m (23 ft) | [97] | 1736–1794 | ||
Statue of Shirdi Sai in Nemli | Shirdi Sai | Nemli, Andhra Pradesh | India | 7 m (23 ft) | [98] | 2011 | ||
Ad Astra | Kansa Native American | Topeka, Kansas | United States | 6.8 m (22.2 ft) | Stands atop the Kansas State Capitol dome at 94 m (304 ft)[99] | 2002 | 39°2′52.83″N 95°40′41.36″W / 39.0480083°N 95.6781556°W | |
Statue of Vercingétorix by Aimé Millet | Vercingétorix | Alise-Sainte-Reine | France | 6.60 m (22 ft) | Stands on a 7 m pedestal | 1865 | ![]() | |
Rocky and Bullwinkle Statue | Los Angeles, California | United States | 6 m (20 ft) | [100] | 1961 | |||
Statue of Dying Buddha | Buddha | Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh | India | 6 m (20 ft) | [101] | |||
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Biramitrapur, Sundergarh, Odisha | India | 6 m (20 ft) | 2011 | ![]() | ||
Statue of Freedom | Freedom | Washington, District of Columbia | United States | 6 m (19.5 ft) | [102] | 1863 | 38°53′24″N 77°0′32.4″W / 38.89000°N 77.009000°W | ![]() |
Lord Anjaneyar Statue, Namakkal | Hanuman | Namakkal, Tamilnadu | India | 5.5 metres (18 ft) | More Than 1500 Years Old | 11°13′20.1936″N 78°9′45.0072″E / 11.222276000°N 78.162502000°E | ![]() | |
Three Dikgosi Monument | Khama III of the Bangwato, Sebele I of the Bakwena, and Bathoen I of the Bangwaketse | Gaborone | Botswana | 5.4 metres (18 ft) | [103] | 2005 | 24°38′41″S 25°54′26″E / 24.64486°S 25.90735°E | |
Statue of David | David | Florence, Tuscany | Italy | 5.17 metres (17.0 ft) | 1504 | 43°46′36.13″N 11°15′34.02″E / 43.7767028°N 11.2594500°E | ![]() | |
Colossus of Barletta | Eastern Roman Emperor | Barletta, Apulia | Italy | 5.11 metres (16.8 ft) | possibly second half 5th century AD | 41°19′9.45″N 16°16′53.34″E / 41.3192917°N 16.2814833°E | ![]() | |
Cristo Rei da Ponta do Garajau | Jesus Christ | Caniço (Santa Cruz) | Portugal | 5 m (16.4 ft) | Elev. 336 ft | 1927 | 32°38′17.43″N 16°51′01.65″W / 32.6381750°N 16.8504583°W | ![]() |
Statue of Lenin | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | Seattle, Washington | United States | 5 m (16.4 ft) | 1988 | 47°39′4.88″N 122°21′3.28″W / 47.6513556°N 122.3509111°W | ||
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial | Theodore Roosevelt | Washington, District of Columbia | United States | 5 m (16.4 ft) | 1967 | 38°53′50.74″N 77°3′50.19″W / 38.8974278°N 77.0639417°W | ![]() |
Destroyed
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/ce/Rome-Capitole-StatueConstantin.jpg/250px-Rome-Capitole-StatueConstantin.jpg)
Afghanistan, Great Buddha of Bamiyan; Vairocana Buddha; Bamiyan Province. 55 m (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Iraq, Statue of Nebuchadnezzar, Province of Babylon. 45 m[104] (147 ft).
Afghanistan, Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; Gautama Buddha; Bamiyan province. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 507 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
Italy, Colossus of Nero (later renamed as Colossus Solis); Rome. 36 m (120 ft). Completed in 75 with unknown date of destruction.
France, The Cosmoplanetary Messiah; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001.[105]
Croatia, Monument to the victory of the people of Slavonia; Požega-Slavonia County. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 1968 and destroyed in 1992. It was once the biggest abstract sculpture in the World.[106]
Greece, Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed by earthquake in 226 BC.
Japan, Biwako Great Buddha; Buddha Amitabha standing; Nagahama, Shiga 27 m completed in 1937 and broken in 1992.
Mongolia, Statue of Maitreya Buddha; Ulan Bator. 24.5 m (80 ft). Completed in the 19th century and destroyed in 1937.
Japan, Beppu Daibutsu; Buddha Amitabha sitting; Beppu, Ōita, Japan. 24 m. Completed in 1927 and broken in 1989.
Japan, Hōkō-ji (Kyoto) Daibutsu; Buddha Vairocana sitting; Kyoto. 20 m. Completed in 1595 and destroyed by earthquake in 1596.
United States, King of Kings Jesus Statue, Monroe, Ohio. 19 m (62 ft) Completed in 2004, destroyed in 2010 by lightning strike and fire.
China, Dahui Temple Dafo; Guanyin; Beijing. 18 m. Completed in 1513 and destroyed during Japanese Occupation 1943-45.[107]
Czechoslovakia, Stalin's Monument in Prague. 15.5 m (51 ft), stood on some 15 m (49 ft) pedestal. Completed in 1955, destroyed in 1962.
Turkey, Statue of Artemis, Temple of Artemis, Ephesus. 15 m (49 ft). Completed in c. 550 BC and destroyed in 156 BC.
Greece, Statue of Zeus at Olympia; Olympia, Peloponnese region. 12 m (39 ft). Completed in 432 BC and destroyed in 475 AD.
China, Goddess of Democracy; Beijing. 10 m (33 ft). Completed and destroyed in 1989.
Chile, Paro, Rapa Nui. 9.8 m (32 ft). Completed between circa 1250 CE and 1500 CE. See also Moai Paro.
Greece, Statue of Athena Parthenos, Parthenon, Athens. 9 m (33 ft). Completed in 438 BC and destroyed in the 5th century AD.[108]
Thailand, Kshitigarbha; Hatyai. 9 m (33 ft).
Czechoslovakia, Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Považská Bystrica. 8.70 m (28.5 ft).[109] Completed on Sunday 5.5.1940[110] and destroyed on Monday 5.12.1955.[111]
Italy, Colossus of Constantine, c. 312–315 AD, originally in the Basilica of Maxentius, now in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums, Rome. The most famous of several colossal depictions of Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
-
Fragments of the Colossus of Constantine, Rome.
-
Bronze Colossus of Constantine, Rome.
-
The Great Buddha of Bamiyan.
Planned / In progress
- India Statue of Shivaji; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 190 m (624 ft).
- India Statue of Unity (depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel); Sadhu Bet riverbed, Gujarat, India.[112] 182 m (597 ft).
- United States Crazy Horse Memorial (depicts Crazy Horse); Black Hills, South Dakota, United States. 172 m (564 ft) when completed.
- Indonesia Garuda Wisnu Kencana (depicts Garuda); Vishnu; Bukit Peninsula, Bali, Indonesia. 146 m (479 ft) height with its wing span 64 metres across.[113]
- Puerto Rico Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Arecibo, Puerto Rico.[114] 110 m (362 ft).
- China Bodhisattva Manjusri statue.;Jiangbei District, Chongqing, China. 108m.
- Philippines Monte Maria Statue (depicts Blessed Virgin Mary; Tagaytay,Philippines.[115] 101 m(331.4 ft).
- China Maitreya Buddha;Nanchong, China. 99 m carving.[116]
- China Emperor Yao statue; Gaoyou, China. 99m.[117]
- China Wufang Dafo (depicts Five Dhyani Buddhas), Qinhuangdao, China. 81m carving.
- Indonesia Noah Statue; North Sumatra, Indonesia. 80 m (262.5 ft).
- Myanmar Laykyun Setkyar Sitting Buddha Statue; Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. 74 m (242 ft).[118]
- China Yangshan Dafo (depicts Gautama);Urad Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China. 69m.[119]
- China Bodhidharma statue; Nanjing, China. 68m.[120]
- United Kingdom Waking the Dragon (bronze dragon on pedestal); Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom. 64 m (210 ft).
- Bhutan Buddha Dordenma (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu, Bhutan. 51 m (169 ft).
- China Jiangtaishan Dafo (planning depicts a buddha sitting), Hangzhou, China. 50m carving.
- Taiwan Chengte Dafo (depicts Amitabha);Puli, Nantou, Taiwan. 50 m.[121]
- United Kingdom The White Horse at Ebbsfleet; Kent, England. 50 m (160 ft)
- India Maitreya Project (depicts Maitreya); Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. 45 m (150 ft).[122]
- Croatia Jesus Christ statue, Marijan Hill, Split. 41 m (134.5 ft).
- Malaysia Goddess Mazu statue; Kudat, Borneo Island, Malaysia. 36 m (118 ft).
- India God Basaveshwara statue; Bishma Lake, Gadag, Karnataka, India. 33.8 m (111 ft).[123]
- Slovakia Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Prešov, Prešov District. 33 m (108 ft).[124] The statue should start building in about 2012.[125]
- Mauritius Statue of Durga Maa Bhavani at Ganga Talao lake shrine, Mauritius. 33 m (108 ft).
- India Statue of Sai Baba, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. 30.5 m (100 ft).[126]
- India Statue of Buddha (Lord Buddha ); Buddha, village Hatyal Tal. Basavkalyan Ditts.Bidar State Karnataka, India.30 m (97 ft).
- Greece New Colossus of Rhodes (titan Helios); Helios, island of Rhodes, Greece. 60 m to 100 m
- Mongolia Statue of Maitreya Buddha; Dashi-Choling monastery, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 24.5 m (80 ft). To be restored with the temple.
- Mongolia 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
- 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
References
- ^ Template:Zh icon 中国佛山金佛-153米卢舍那佛 - 墨宝斋
- ^ The World Biggest Standing Buddha Image
- ^ Usiku Daibutsu || Usiku Jyoen | Template:Wayback
- ^ Template:Zh icon 南海海上观音―南山观音 [dead link]
- ^ Template:Zh icon 106 m High Statue of Emperors Yan and Huang Built
- ^ Template:Zh icon [1] [dead link]
- ^ The Moscow News. Template:Wayback
- ^ 北の京芦別.
- ^ Lingshan Great Buddha | English | Jschina.com.cn. [dead link]
- ^ 全国の大仏・大観音等一覧表
- ^ Khánh thành tượng Quan Thế Âm tại Đà Nẵng - 7/30/2010 - QĐND
- ^ Template:Ja icon 大本山 成田山 久留米分院.
- ^ 组图:山西运城建成世界最大关公塑像 高达61米-搜狐新闻
- ^ 尉迟迥与拉梢寺大佛
- ^ 东林大佛_庐山东林寺無限的智悲[2]
- ^ 峨眉山十方普贤菩萨修建纪事- 峨眉山草根人家青年旅舍峨眉山金顶“十方普贤”铜像诞生记_中国报告文学网
- ^ National Park Service, US Department of the Interior. http://www.nps.gov/archive/stli/prod02.htm Template:WebCite
- ^ phuketbigbuddha.com [dead link]
- ^ Tượng Phật A Di Đà lớn nhất Việt Nam - VnExpress
- ^ http://talkvietnam.com/2012/04/vietnams-largest-amitabha-buddha-statue/
- ^ "World's tallest Shiva statue unveiled in Nepal". News. The Economic Times. June 21, 2010. Retrieved March 3, 2012.
- ^ Template:Ja icon 大観音の森・関東、中部
- ^ 001太原市南郊區文物古跡狀況
- ^ Template:Zh icon 广州番禺区莲花山简介-易游商旅网-广东旅游
- ^ http://www.fgs.org.tw/english/index/index.htm Template:Wayback
- ^ City Of İzmir Ataturk "Mask" Project
- ^ http://www.dalailama.com/news/post/920-consecration-of-the-tathagata-tsal-and-teaching-at-ravangla-sikkim
- ^ Template:Zh icon 泰佛部落: 六月2009
- ^ Template:Zh icon [3]
- ^ Template:Zh icon People set up statue of Laozi, founder of Taoism
- ^ World's tallest Siva idol Template:Wayback
- ^ Template:Zh icon[4]从乐山弥勒大佛说隐形山岳佛_华人佛教_凤凰网荣县大佛留下四个千古之谜
- ^ a b "Rio wschodu". 2009-01-29. Archived from the original on 2010-11-07. Retrieved 2010-11-04.
{{cite web}}
: Unknown parameter|deadurl=
ignored (|url-status=
suggested) (help) - ^ 2009/05 錫金求法團- 朝聖行程說明 4/26更新 - 噶瑪噶舉國師 嘉察仁波切部落格 - 無名小站
- ^ 山丹坐佛
- ^ 唐宋时期敦煌社人修建莫高窟的活动 - 宝华寺
- ^ 中国五方大佛、四大菩萨造像
- ^ Découvrez la Dombes et la statue monumentale Notre Dame du Sacré Choeur au Mas Rillier
- ^ 揭秘橘子洲毛澤東雕塑為何長髮飄逸(組圖)
- ^ Haridwar Template:Wayback
- ^ The Hindu : Karnataka / Bijapur News : A Shivaratri gift for people of Bijapur
- ^ Unexpected mouthwatering delights in Kelantan
- ^ A record of sorts
- ^ Template:Zh icon [5]
- ^ Памятник Ленину on web-cite volfoto.ru (ru)
- ^ 日本吉 - Nippon-Kichi
- ^ National Monument to the Forefathers
- ^ The Great Buddha Statue
- ^ Perak's Tallest Buddha Statue - Malaysia Travel information
- ^ Buddhist Travel - Long Son Pagoda in NhaTrang,Vietnam
- ^ 甘谷大象山_百度百科
- ^ cristoreytijuana.org. Template:Wayback
- ^ Template:Ja icon 鳥居観音ホームページ.
- ^ Garuda Wisnu Kencana Complex: Bukit Peninsula, Bali | Bali Blog.
- ^ 佛学专家聚焦河南浚县大伾山浚县大石佛初始是佛吗?
- ^ The Christ of Maratea (statue).
- ^ Aumisme Religion Universelle de l'Unite des Visages de DIEU Cite Sainte de Mandarom Shambhasalem.
- ^ 八卦山的前世與今生康原
- ^ Minotauro (statue).
- ^ 小鹿沟青龙寺景区 - 中国农业信息网
- ^ 天工大佛--國家之窗游柯岩
- ^ 须弥山:传说中的世界中心的几个面孔
- ^ Guardian's Sphinx
- ^ Template:Zh icon [6]
- ^ http://wikimapia.org/#lat=-32.9931647&lon=-70.6840182&z=17&l=3&m=b
- ^ Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council - Guardian of the Valleys
- ^ th:วัดพนัญเชิง
- ^ 重庆潼南大佛历史上的四次穿金_中华佛光文化网
- ^ a b Kurt Titze (1998). Jainism: a pictorial guide to the religion of non-violence. Motilal Banarsidass Publ. ISBN 978-81-208-1534-6.
{{cite book}}
: Unknown parameter|coauthors=
ignored (|author=
suggested) (help) - ^ 日本最古の鬼伝説の山・鬼住山
- ^ The Guinness's World Record Monument in Haskovo, Bulgaria
- ^ dgiau--du lo ss.htm 薊縣獨樂寺--國家之窗
- ^ Phutthamonthon
- ^ The temple is situated in ARR Engineering India Pvt Ltd campus. ARR is one of the group company of EICS Group of Companies.
- ^ A Warrior on a Horse on alfa.com.mk
- ^ 湄洲妈祖庙调研报告_百度文库莆田市陆上最大妈祖石雕像矗立湄洲湾畔
- ^ 鎌倉大仏殿高徳院
- ^ "Parthenon Facts: Athena".
- ^ Statues Hither & Dither. "Our Lady of Peace Shrine, Pine Bluffs".
- ^ Najvyššia a najvyššie stojaca socha: Slavín: Návštevník - Bratislava
- ^ Roadside attractions. "Minnesota landmarks".
- ^ Warren, Stuart & Ted Ishikawa. Oregon Handbook. Moon Publications, 1991.
- ^ Socha Ježiša Krista v obci Klin
- ^ Blog.sme.sk. Najpopulárnejšie blogy na Slovensku
- ^ Pope blesses famous statue of Mary in Rome, visits cloistered nuns
- ^ Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Made In China
- ^ DOT unveils Lapu-Lapu monument at Luneta
- ^ Seremban temple unveils 9m-tall Kuan Yin statue
- ^ The Statue of Johnny Kaw
- ^ http://www.southafrica.info/mandela/statue-161213.htm#.UvKTZvm4Wjs
- ^ http://www.southafrica.info/mandela/statue-161213.htm#.UvKTZvm4Wjs
- ^ http://www.ceskatelevize.cz/ct24/domaci/95693-nejvetsi-jezdeckou-sochu-v-cesku-ma-jan-zizka-z-trocnova/
- ^ Discover Zhuhai : Photos and hotspots on Google Maps, no need to book a flight or hotel
- ^ Argentina, page 199 on Google Books
- ^ Gal Vihara (Rock Temple) the most impressive sculptures found at Polonnaruwa - Sri Lanka
- ^ G. Reza Garosi: The Colossal Statue of Shapur I in the Context of Sasanian Sculptures. Publisher: Persian Heritage Foundation of the Columbia University, New York (2012).
- ^ Xiangguo Temple大相國寺的千手千眼佛
- ^ NRI Built 23 ft Sai cooking statue in Andhra
- ^ Kansas State Capitol - Ad Astra - Kansapedia - Kansas Historical Society
- ^ 20-Ft. Tall Rocky And Bullwinkle Statue
- ^ 16 Days Foot Step Buddha Tours
- ^ The Statue of Freedom | Architect of the Capitol
- ^ Seretse, Gasebalwe (17 October 2008). "Monuments worth visiting". Mmegi. Archived from the original on 22 June 2012. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
- ^ s:Bible (King James)/Daniel#3:1
- ^ "Cosmoplanetary Messiah" [dead link]
- ^ [7], Retrieved on 7-22-2012
- ^ 大慧寺
- ^ WELCOME TO ATHENS - Places To Go-A K R O P O L I S-Parthenon,Erechtheion,Temple of Athena Nike,Propylaia
- ^ Zborník Vlastivedného múzea v Považskej Bystrici page 4.
- ^ Zborník Vlastivedného múzea v Považskej Bystrici page 12.
- ^ Zborník Vlastivedného múzea v Považskej Bystrici page 15.
- ^ Official Blog site of Narendra Modi | Chief Minister Government of Gujarat | Statue of Unity
- ^ "MAGISNYA PESONA PULAU DEWATA – BAGIAN 2". February 29, 2012.
- ^ Sandra Caquías Cruz (2012-03-30). "La estatua de Colón llegará a Arecibo". El Nuevo Día (in Spanish). Retrieved 2012-06-08.
- ^ http://www.ourladyofmontemaria.org/project.html
- ^ 四川南充雕刻世界第一大石窟立佛像总高99米(图)_资讯频道_凤凰网
- ^ 江苏高邮建99米尧帝青铜像需铜2200吨内设电梯-搜狐新闻
- ^ http://www.facebook.com/Bodhi1000
- ^ 内蒙古乌拉特后旗将建69米高阳山大佛_各地新闻_新闻_腾讯网
- ^ 幕府山腰要建68米高达摩像南京将复建幕府山五景
- ^ 正德埔里大佛 - 正德全球資訊網
- ^ Maitreya Project
- ^ Karnataka News : Process on to identify land for Gadag airport: Sriramulu The Hindu
- ^ http://aktualne.centrum.sk/domov/clanek.phtml?id=1151303
- ^ http://www.vyvlastnenie.sk/clanok/a/projekt-sochy-krista-v-presove-je-stale-aktualny/
- ^ 100ft Statue of Sai Baba at Shirdi Sai Baba Mandiram, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh