List of tallest statues
Appearance
The following is a list of statues by height.
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Existing
Over 40 meters
Up to 40 metres
Up to 30 meters
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
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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 | ||
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 | ![]() |
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[26] | 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 | 42.02789°N -4.52932°E / 42.02789°N 4.52932°W Coordinates: longitude degrees < 0 with hemisphere flag {{#coordinates:}}: invalid longitude |
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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 | ![]() | |
White marble Guan Yin of Yinxian | Guanyin | Yinxian, Zhejiang | ![]() |
29 m (95 ft) | 22°58′41″N 114°01′06″E / 22.978158°N 114.018454°E | |||
Monumental Virgen de Guadalupe | 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 | 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 | 10°19′35″N 107°05′05″E / 10.326303°N 107.084641°E | ![]() | |
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[27] | 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.[28] | 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's embodiment as the goddess of Peace | Near Utsunomiya; Tochigi Prefecture | ![]() |
27 m (88.6 ft) | Work of sculptor Asajiro Hida[29] | 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 | -8.520815°N 125.608508°E / 8.520815°S 125.608508°E Coordinates: latitude degrees < 0 with hemisphere flag {{#coordinates:}}: invalid latitude |
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Our Lady of the Rockies | 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 | |
Smiling Buddha of the Bao Jue Temple | Buddha - Maitreya Buddha | Taichung | ![]() |
26.8 m (88 ft) | 24°9′33.96″N 120°41′18.53″E / 24.1594333°N 120.6884806°E | ![]() | ||
Samadhi Buddha in Kurunegala | Buddha - 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 | ![]() |
Carved Sitting Byakue | Kannon - 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[disambiguation needed] | 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 | 3.436262°N -76.565083°E / 3.436262°N 76.565083°W Coordinates: longitude degrees < 0 with hemisphere flag {{#coordinates:}}: invalid longitude |
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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 | ||
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 | 22.139185°N -102.431594°E / 22.139185°N 102.431594°W Coordinates: longitude degrees < 0 with hemisphere flag {{#coordinates:}}: invalid longitude |
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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 | 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 | |
Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple | Hanuman | Amritsar, Punjab state | ![]() |
24.5 m (80 ft) | ||||
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 | |
Jiangang Jing She Temple Buddha | Buddha | Tambun, Perak state | ![]() |
24 m (77 ft) | [30] | |||
Heiwa Kannon of Funaoka Park | Kannon's embodiment as the goddess of Peace | near Funaoka station, Miyagi Prefecture | ![]() |
24 m (77 m) | ![]() | |||
Kannon of the Ryozen Historical Memorial | Kannon | 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 | Buddha - Gautama | Nha Trang, Khanh Hoa province | ![]() |
24 m (77 ft) | [31] | 12°15′07″N 109°10′51″E / 12.251994°N 109.18086°E | ![]() | |
Il 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 | |
Cristo Rey de los Álamos | Jesus | Tijuana, Baja California state | ![]() |
23.3 m (76 ft) | [32] | 1999 | ||
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 | ![]() |
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 | Hannou city, Saitama prefecture | ![]() |
23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 12 m pedestal. 35 m (115 ft) total height[33] | 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) | ![]() | |||
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.[34] | |||
Hanuman Vatika | Hanuman | Rourkela, Orissa state | ![]() |
23 m (75 ft) | ||||
Golden Buddha in the Likir Monastery | Buddha - 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) | 25°08′0.46″N 121°45′1.27″E / 25.1334611°N 121.7503528°E | ![]() | ||
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 | ||
Cristo Redentore | Jesus | Maratea, province of Potenza | ![]() |
22 m (72 ft) | [35] | 1965 | ![]() | |
Aumisme Buddha Maitreya in Mandarom | Buddha - Maitreya | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | ![]() |
22 m (72 ft) | [36] | 1981 | ![]() | |
Changhua Great Buddha | Buddha | Changhua City | ![]() |
22 m (72 ft) | Is on top of Bagua Mountain, contains a Buddhist museum inside of the Buddha. | 24°04′43″N 120°32′57″E / 24.0785361111°N 120.54922629°E | ||
Cristo de las Noas | Jesus | Torreón, Coahuila | ![]() |
21.8 m (71.5 ft) | ![]() | |||
Dainichi Nyorai of the Seiryū-ji Temple | Buddha - Vairocana | Aomori city, Aomori prefecture | ![]() |
21.3 m (70 ft) | 1984 | |||
Buddha of the Longxing Monastery | Buddha | near Zhengding, Hebei province | ![]() |
21.3 (70 ft) | ||||
Cosmic Christ | Jesus | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | ![]() |
21 m (69 ft) | 1987 | |||
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 | 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) | [37] | 2532 BC approx. | 29°58′31″N 31°08′16″E / 29.97528°N 31.13778°E | |
Confucius of Zichuan | Confucius | Zichuan, Zibo City, Shandong province | ![]() |
20.09 m | A bronze statue.[38] | 2010 |
Up to 20 meters
Up to 16 meters
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
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Monument of the Holy Mother of God | Mary | Haskovo, Haskovo Province | ![]() |
16 m (52.48 ft) | Stands on a 17 m tall pedestal. 33 m (108.24 ft) total height.[41] | 2003 | 41°55′42.33″N 25°33′16.02″E / 41.9284250°N 25.5544500°E | |
Phutthamonthon Buddha | Buddha - Sakayamuni | Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom Province | ![]() |
15.875 m | [42] | 1981 | ![]() | |
Buddha of Linh Son Temple | Buddha | Santa Fe, Texas | ![]() |
15.24 m | ? | ? | ||
Kamay ni Hesus | Jesus Christ | Lucban, Quezon | ![]() |
15.24 m (50 ft) | ||||
Divine Mercy Shrine | Christ the Divine Mercy | El Salvador, Misamis Oriental | ![]() |
15.24 m (50 ft) | 2008? | |||
Birushana Nyorai Buddha of Tōdai-ji | Buddha - Vairocana | Nara city | ![]() |
15 m | The body of the statue was reconstructed in 1185, and the head rebuilt in 1692 | 752 | ![]() | |
Lenin statue | Vladimir Lenin | Dubna | ![]() |
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 | |
Trees of Mystery Paul Bunyan | Paul Bunyan | Klamath, California | ![]() |
14.9 m (49.2 ft) | 1961 | 41°35′01″N 124°05′10″W / 41.58361°N 124.08611°W | ||
San Cristobal Hill Virgin | Mary | Santiago | ![]() |
14 m (46 ft) | Stands upon a 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 | ![]() |
14 m (46 ft) | 25°05′22″N 119°08′30″E / 25.089486°N 119.14175°E | ![]() | ||
Liberty Statue in Budapest | Lady Liberty | Gellért Hill, Budapest | ![]() |
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 | |
Gifu Great Buddha | Buddha | Gifu | ![]() |
13.7 m (44.9 ft) | 1832 | ![]() | ||
Kamakura Daibutsu | Buddha - Amitabha | Kamakura, Kanagawa | ![]() |
13.5 m | Second largest bronze Buddha statue in Japan[43] | 1252 | 35°19′0.59″N 139°32′8.48″E / 35.3168306°N 139.5356889°E | ![]() |
liberty statue of mytilene | lady liberty | mytilene | ![]() |
15 m (47 ft) | created by sculptor Γρηγόριος Ζευγώλης. The statue is located near the port of the city. Is the bigest statue of the Lesbos island. | |||
Athena Parthenos | Athena | Nashville, Tennessee | ![]() |
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.[44] | unveiled in 1990, gilded in 2002 | 36°08′59″N 86°48′49″W / 36.14972°N 86.81361°W | ![]() |
Statue of Mao in Chengdu | Mao Zedong | Chengdu, 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 | ![]() |
Borba Gato Statue | Manuel de Borba Gato | São Paulo | ![]() |
12.3 m (40 ft) | 1963 | |||
Warrior on a Horse statue | Unknown warrior. Many people regard it as Alexander the Great. | Skopje | ![]() |
12 m (40 ft) | Stands on top of a 10 m base. 22 m total monument height[45] | 2011 | 41°35′41″N 21°25′54″E / 41.594604°N 21.431698°E | ![]() |
Our Lady of Peace Shrine | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Pine Bluffs, Wyoming | ![]() |
12 m (40 ft) | Stands on a base of 3 m (10 ft)[46] | 1998 | 41°10′56″N 104°3′13″W / 41.18222°N 104.05361°W | |
Burning Man | The Man | Black Rock City, Nevada | ![]() |
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 | ![]() |
12 m | ![]() | ||||
Vision of Peace | Native American | City Hall, St Paul, Minnesota | ![]() |
11.6 m (38 ft) | 1936 | ![]() | ||
Monument Statue Aerospace (Patung Monumen Dirgantara) | Spaceman | Pancoran, Jakarta | ![]() |
11 m | Standing 27 meters tall pedestal. Total height 38 m | 1965 | ![]() | |
Victory on Slavín | Bratislava, Bratislava District | ![]() |
11 m[47] | 1960 | 48°09′14″N 17°05′59″E / 48.15389°N 17.09972°E | ![]() | ||
Iron Man | Iron Miner | Chisholm, Minnesota | ![]() |
10.9 m (36 ft) | Stands on a base that raises the statue up to 26 m (85 ft)[48] see article | 1987 | 47°17′20″N 92°32′15″W / 47.28876°N 92.53762°W | |
Mazinger Z | Mazinger Z | El Pla de Santa Maria, Tarragona | ![]() |
10 m (33 ft) | 1976 | 41°22′58″N 1°19′44″E / 41.38278°N 1.32889°E | ![]() | |
Christ the Redeemer | Christ the Redeemer | Klin, Námestovo District | ![]() |
9.5 m[49] | 2008[50] | 49°27′12″N 19°28′59″E / 49.45333°N 19.48306°E | ![]() | |
Statue of Mary | Mary | Rome, Region of Lazio | ![]() |
9.5 m (30 ft) | [51] | 2010 | ||
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial | Martin Luther King Jr. | Washington, District of Columbia | ![]() |
9.5 m (30 ft) | [52] | 2011 | ||
Kuan Yin statue | Kuan Yin | Seremban, Negeri Sembilan | ![]() |
9.1 m[53] | 2011 | |||
Muse of Missouri | Kansas City, Missouri | ![]() |
9.1 m | 1961 | 39°06′14″N 94°34′59″W / 39.10389°N 94.58306°W | |||
Jan Žižka Statue | Jan Žižka on horse | Praha, Praha District | ![]() |
9 m[54] | 1950 | 50°05′18″N 14°26′56″E / 50.08833°N 14.44889°E | ||
Fisher Girl Statue | near Zhuhai, Province of Guangdong | ![]() |
8.7 m (28.5 ft) | [55] | ||||
El Cristo Redentor | Christ the Redeemer | La Cumbre Pass | ![]() ![]() |
8 m (26.3 ft) | [56] | 1904 | ![]() | |
Map the Miner | Kapunda, South Australia | ![]() |
7 m (23 ft) | 2007 | ![]() | |||
Standing Buddha in Gal Vihara | Buddha | Polonnaruwa, North Central Province | ![]() |
7 m (23 ft) | [57] | ![]() | ||
Statue of Avalokitesvara in Xiangguo Temple | Avalokitesvara | Kaifeng, Province of Henan | ![]() |
7 m (23 ft) | [58] | |||
Statue of Shirdi Sai in Nemli | Shirdi Sai | Nemli, Andhra Pradesh | ![]() |
7 m (23 ft) | [59] | 2011 | ||
Rocky and Bullwinkle Statue | Los Angeles, California | ![]() |
6 m (20 ft) | [60] | 1961 | |||
Statue of Dying Buddha | Buddha | Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh | ![]() |
6 m (20 ft) | [61] | |||
Statue of Freedom | Freedom | Washington, District of Columbia | ![]() |
6 m (19.5 ft) | [62] | 1863 | ![]() | |
Statue of David | David | Florence, Tuscany | ![]() |
5.17 m (17 ft) | 1504 | ![]() | ||
Statue of Lenin | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | Seattle, Washington | ![]() |
5 m (16.4 ft) | 1988 | |||
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial | Theodore Roosevelt | Washington, District of Columbia | ![]() |
5 m (16.4 ft) | 1967 | ![]() |
Destroyed
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Great Buddha of Bamiyan; 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[63] (147 ft).
Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; 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.[64]
Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region, Greece. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed in 226 BC.
Statue of Maitreya Buddha; Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 24.5 m (80 ft). Completed in the 19th century and destroyed in 1937.
King of Kings Jesus Statue, Monroe, Ohio, United States 19 m (62 ft) Completed in 2004, destroyed in 2010 by lightning strike and fire.
Gundam statue; Odaiba, Tokyo, Japan. 18 m (59 ft). Completed and destroyed in 2009. See also GREEN TOKYO Gundam project.
Stalin's Monument in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 15.5 m, stood on some 15 m pedestal. Completed in 1955, destroyed in 1962.
Statue of Artemis, Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, Turkey. 15 m. 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.
Colossal statue of Constantine, Basilica Nova of Maxentius and Constantine, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy.[65]
Kshitigarbha; hatyai, Thailand, Greece. 9 m (33 ft).
Statue of Athena Parthenos, Parthenon, Athens, Greece. 9 m (33 ft). Completed in 438 BC and destroyed in the 5th century AD.[66]
Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Považská Bystrica. 8.70 m (28.5 ft).[67] Completed on Sunday 5.5.1940[68] and destroyed on Monday 5.12.1955.[69]
- statue of liberty in mytilene
Planned
Statue of Unity (depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel); Sadhu Bet riverbed, Gujarat, India.[70] 182 m
Maitreya Project (depicts Maitreya); Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. 152 m (500 ft).[71]
Noah Statue; North Sumatra, Indonesia. 80 m (262.5 ft).
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).
Shivaji statue; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 48 m (159 ft) with a 45.5 m (150 ft) pedestal.
Jesus Christ statue, Marijan Hill, Split. 41 m.
Goddess Mazu statue; Kudat, Borneo Island, Malaysia. 36 m.
Statue of Durga Maa Bhavani at Ganga Talao lake shrine, Mauritius. 33 m (108 ft)
Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Prešov, Prešov District. 33 m (108 ft)[72]. The statue should start building in about 2012.[73]
Statue of Sai Baba, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. 30.5 m (100 ft)[74]
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 (22 m with the temple), in progress.
Canceled projects and hiatus
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.
Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Mayagüez, Puerto Rico.[75] 110 m (362 ft).
Vision
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
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