The following is a list of statues

Statues

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Over 40 meters

Statue	Depicts	Location	Country	Height	Notes	Completed	Coordinates	Photo
Spring Temple Buddha Spring Temple Buddha The Spring Temple Buddha is a statue depicting Vairocana Buddha located in the Zhaocun township of Lushan County, Henan, China. It is placed within the Fodushan Scenic Area, close to National Freeway no. 311. The statue was completed in 2002....	Buddha - Vairocana Buddha	Lushan Lushan County, Henan Lushan County is a county in Pingdingshan, Henan Province, China, with a population is 830,000.... , Henan Henan Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...	Mainland China	128 m (420 ft)	It includes a 22 m (72 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 25 m (82 ft) pedestal/building. 153 m (502 ft) total monument height.	2002	33.775150°N 112.451016°E
Laykyun Setkyar Laykyun Setkyar The Laykyun Setkyar is the second tallest statue in the world at 116 metres. It stands on a 13.5 metre throne located in the village of Khatakan Taung, near Monywa, Myanmar. Construction began in 1996 and was completed on February 21, 2008....	Buddha - Standing Buddha	Monywa Monywa Monywa is a city in Sagaing Division, Myanmar, located 136 km northwest of Mandalay on the eastern bank of the River Chindwin.-Transport:... , Sagaing Division Sagaing Division Sagaing Region is an administrative region of Burma , located in the north-western part of the country between latitude 21° 30' north and longitude 94° 97' east...	Myanmar	116 m (381 ft)	Stands on a 13.5 m (44 ft) throne. 130 m (427 ft) total monument height.	2008	22.0803°N 95.2893°E
Ushiku Daibutsu Ushiku Daibutsu The ', located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan, is one of the world's tallest statues. Completed in 1993, it stands a total of 120 meters tall, including the 10m high base and 10m high lotus platform. An elevator takes visitors up to 85m off the ground, where an observation floor is located....	Buddha - Amitabha Buddha	Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture Ibaraki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan, located in the Kantō region on the main island of Honshu. The capital is Mito.-History:Ibaraki Prefecture was previously known as Hitachi Province...	Japan	110 m (361 ft)	Includes the 10 m (33 ft) lotus throne. 10 m (33 ft) pedestal/building. 120 m (394 ft) total monument height.	1995	35.982716°N 140.220287°E
Nanshan Haishang Guanyin Guanyin Statue of Hainan The Guan Yin of the South Sea of Sanya is a statueof the bodhisattva Guan Yin, sited on the south coast of China's island province Hainan near the Nanshan Temple of Sanya....	Guanyin	Sanya Sanya Sanya is the southernmost city in China and is a part of Hainan Province. In 2006, it had a population of 536,000, making it, after the provincial capital , the second most populous city on the island. The city is renowned for its tropical climate and has emerged as a popular tourist destination,... , Hainan Hainan Hainan is the smallest province of the People's Republic of China . Although the province comprises some two hundred islands scattered among three archipelagos off the southern coast, of its land mass is Hainan Island , from which the province takes its name...	Mainland China	108 m (354 ft)		2005	18.292683°N 109.208736°E
Emperors Yan and Huang Emperors Yan and Huang The sculptures of the Emperors Yan and Huang are the fifth tallest statues in the world at 106 meters. They depict two of the earliest Chinese emperors, Yan Di and Huang Di. The construction lasted 20 years and was completed in 2007. They are located in Zhengzhou, the capital of Henan province,...	Yan Yan Emperor The Yan Emperor, or Yandi was a legendary Han Chinese ruler who lived in pre-dynastic China. Modern scholarship has identified the Sheep's Head Mountains just north of Gaoping in Shanxi Province as his homeland and territory....  and Huang Yellow Emperor The Yellow Emperor or Huangdi1 is a legendary Chinese sovereign and culture hero, included among the Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors. Tradition holds that he reigned from 2697–2597 or 2696–2598 BC... , Emperors of China	Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Zhengzhou , is the capital and largest city of Henan province in north-central China. A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational centre of the province, as well as a major transportation hub for Central China... , Henan Henan Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...	Mainland China	106 m (348 ft)		2007	34.957222°N 113.512373°E
Sendai Daikannon Sendai Daikannon Sendai Daikannon, located in Japan, is the sixth tallest statue in the world at 100 meters . An elevator takes tourists to the top of the statue, which depicts the Japanese Buddhist Bodhisattva Kannon....	Kannon	Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...	Japan	100 m (328 ft)		1991	38.300466°N 140.823559°E
Qianshou Qianyan Guanyin of Weishan	Guanyin	Weishan, Changsha, Hunan Hunan ' is a province of South-Central China, located to the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River and south of Lake Dongting...  province	Mainland China	99 m (324.5 ft)	Gilded bronze statue.	2009
Peter the Great Statue Peter the Great Statue The Peter the Great Statue in Moscow was designed by the Georgian designer Zurab Tsereteli to commemorate 300 years of the Russian Navy, which was started by Peter I of Russia. At 94 metres, it is the eighth tallest statue in the world...	Peter I of Russia Peter I of Russia Peter the Great, Peter I or Pyotr Alexeyevich Romanov Dates indicated by the letters "O.S." are Old Style. All other dates in this article are New Style. ruled the Tsardom of Russia and later the Russian Empire from until his death, jointly ruling before 1696 with his half-brother, Ivan V...	Moscow	Russia	96 m (315 ft)		1997	55.738606°N 37.60824°E
Great Buddha of Thailand Great Buddha of Thailand The Great Buddha of Thailand, also known as The Big Buddha, The Big Buddha of Thailand, Phra Buddha Maha Nawamin, and Mahaminh Sakayamunee Visejchaicharn, is the tallest statue in Thailand, and the ninth tallest in the world....	Buddha - Sakayamuni Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Ang Thong Ang Thong Ang Thong ) is a town in Thailand, capital of the Ang Thong Province. The town covers the whole tambon Talat Luang and Bang Kaeo as well as parts of the tambon Sala Daeng, Ban Hae, Ban It, Pho Sa and Yansue, all of Mueang Ang Thong district, and as of 2006 has a population of 13,738...	Thailand	92 m (300 ft)		2008	14°35′35.60"N 100°22′40.02"E
Grand Buddha at Ling Shan Grand Buddha at Ling Shan The Grand Buddha is located at the south of the Longshan Mountain, near Mashan, town of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, People's Republic of China. It is one of the largest Buddha statues in China and also in the world....	Buddha - Gautama Buddha Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Wuxi Wuxi Wuxi is an old city in Jiangsu province, People's Republic of China. Split in half by Lake Tai, Wuxi borders Changzhou to the west and Suzhou to the east. The northern half looks across to Taizhou across the Yangtze River, while the southern half also borders the province of Zhejiang to the south... , Jiangsu Province	Mainland China	88 m (289 ft)		1996	31°25′55"N 120°5′29"E
Dai Kannon of Kita no Miyako park	Kannon - Byakue Kannon	Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō Hokkaido , formerly known as Ezo, Yezo, Yeso, or Yesso, is Japan's second largest island; it is also the largest and northernmost of Japan's 47 prefectural-level subdivisions. The Tsugaru Strait separates Hokkaido from Honshu, although the two islands are connected by the underwater railway Seikan Tunnel...	Japan	88 m (289 ft)		1989	43°31′41.44"N 142°11′53.14"E
Rodina-Mat' Zovyot! The Motherland Calls The Motherland Calls, , also called Mother Motherland, Mother Motherland Is Calling, simply The Motherland, or The Mamayev Monument, is a statue in Mamayev Kurgan in Volgograd, Russia commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad. It was designed by sculptor Yevgeny Vuchetich and structural engineer...  (The Motherland Calls)	Mother Russia Mother Russia Mother Russia is a national personification of Russia, appearing in patriotic posters, statues etc. In the Soviet period, the term Mother Motherland was preferred, as representing the multi-ethnic Soviet Union; still, there is a clear similarity between the pre-1917 Mother Russia and the Soviet...  (Soviet Union)	Mamayev Kurgan Mamayev Kurgan Mamayev Kurgan is a dominant height overlooking the city of Volgograd in Southern Russia. The name in Russian means "tumulus of Mamai".... ; Volgograd Volgograd Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...	Russia	85 m (279 ft)		1967	48°44′32.5"N 44°32′13"E
Awaji Kannon	Kannon	Awaji Island Awaji Island is an island in Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan, in the eastern part of the Seto Inland Sea between the islands of Honshū and Shikoku. The island has an area of 592.17 km²... , Hyōgo Prefecture Hyogo Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region on Honshū island. The capital is Kobe.The prefecture's name was previously alternately spelled as Hiogo.- History :...	Japan	80 m (262 ft)	Stands on a 20 m pedestal/building. 100 m (328 ft) total height		34.502949°N 134.976676°E
Kaga Kannon	Kannon	Kaga Kaga Kaga may refer to:* Kaga, Ishikawa, a city in Japan.* Kaga Province, an old province of Japan, now part of Ishikawa prefecture.* Kaga Domain, an old feudal domain in Kaga Province* Kaga Takeshi, better known as Chairman Kaga of Iron Chef.... , Ishikawa Prefecture Ishikawa Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūbu region on Honshū island. The capital is Kanazawa.- History :Ishikawa was formed from the merger of Kaga Province and the smaller Noto Province.- Geography :Ishikawa is on the Sea of Japan coast...	Japan	73 m (240 ft)		1987	36.325706°N 136.348851°E
Great Standing Maitreya Maitreya Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...  Buddha Buddharupa Buddharūpa is the Sanskrit and Pali term used in Buddhism for statues or models of the Buddha.-Commonalities:...	Buddha - Maitreya Buddha	Emei Township, Hsinchu County Hsinchu County Hsinchu County is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; there is a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the capital of Hsinchu, where the government office and county office is located...	Republic of China, ROC	72 m (236 ft)			24.681045°N 120.985651°E
Leshan Giant Buddha Leshan Giant Buddha The Leshan Giant Buddha was built during the Tang Dynasty . It is carved out of a cliff face that lies at the confluence of the Minjiang, Dadu and Qingyi rivers in the southern part of Sichuan province in China, near the city of Leshan. The stone sculpture faces Mount Emei, with the rivers...	Buddha - Maitreya Buddha	Leshan Leshan -Administrative divisions:-Transport:There is a passenger rail line that serves the Mianyang–Chengdu–Leshan inter-city area.The Chengdu-Leshan Highway with a total length of 160 kilometers, was finished on January 14th, 2000...	Mainland China	71 m (233 ft)	Construction started in 713.	803	29.547222°N 103.769167°E
Mother Motherland Mother Motherland (Kiev) Mother Motherland is a monumental statue of the "Mother Motherland" in Kiev, the capital of Ukraine. The sculpture is a part of Museum of the Great Patriotic War, Kiev. Designed by Yevgeny Vuchetich, the titanium statue stands tall upon the museum building with the overall structure measuring ...	Mother Russia Mother Russia Mother Russia is a national personification of Russia, appearing in patriotic posters, statues etc. In the Soviet period, the term Mother Motherland was preferred, as representing the multi-ethnic Soviet Union; still, there is a clear similarity between the pre-1917 Mother Russia and the Soviet...  (Soviet Union)	Kiev Kiev Kiev or Kyiv is the capital and the largest city of Ukraine, located in the north central part of the country on the Dnieper River. The population as of the 2001 census was 2,611,300. However, higher numbers have been cited in the press....	Ukraine	62 m (203 ft)	Stands on a 40 m pedestal. 102 m (335 ft) total monument height	1981	50.426497°N 30.563171°E
Guze Jibo Daikannon of the Narita-san Narita-san Narita-san Shinshō-ji is a Shingon Buddhist temple located in central Narita, Chiba, Japan. It was founded in 940 by Kanchō Daisōjō, a disciple of Kōbō Daishi...  temple	Kannon - Jibo Kannon	Kurume, Fukuoka Kurume, Fukuoka is a city located in Fukuoka prefecture, Japan.The city has an estimated population of 303,277 and a population density of 1,319.51 persons per km²...  prefecture	Japan	62 m (203 ft)		1983	33.285445°N 130.534852°E
Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao	Guanyin	Nanhai district, Foshan Foshan Foshan is a city in central Guangdong province in southern China. The prefectural area under the city's jurisdiction over an area of about 3,840 km² and a population of 5.4 million of which 1.1 million reside in the city proper .... , Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...	Mainland China	62 m (203 ft)	Stands on a 15 m pedestal. 77 m (252 ft) total height.		22.933101°N 112.971725°E
Guan Yu of Yuncheng	Guan Yu Guan Yu Guan Yu was a general serving under the warlord Liu Bei during the late Eastern Han Dynasty of China. He played a significant role in the civil war that led to the collapse of the Han Dynasty and the establishment of the state of Shu Han during the Three Kingdoms period, of which Liu Bei was the...	Yuncheng Yuncheng Yuncheng is the southernmost municipality in Shanxi province, China. It borders Linfen and Jincheng municipalities to the north and east, and Henan and Shaanxi provinces to the south and west.... , Shanxi Shanxi ' is a province in Northern China. Its one-character abbreviation is "晋" , after the state of Jin that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period....	Mainland China	61 m (200 ft)	Stands on a 19 m pedestal. 80 m (262 ft) total height.	2010
Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon	Kannon - Jibo Kannon	Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima is a city located in the Aizu region of Fukushima Prefecture, Japan.As of May 2011, the city has an estimated population of 125,341. The total area is 383.03 km².-History:...	Japan	57 m (187 ft)		1987	37.550906°N 139.951229°E
Tokyo Wan Tokyo Bay is a bay in the southern Kantō region of Japan. Its old name was .-Geography:Tokyo Bay is surrounded by the Bōsō Peninsula to the east and the Miura Peninsula to the west. In a narrow sense, Tokyo Bay is the area north of the straight line formed by the on the Miura Peninsula on one end and on...  Kannon	Kannon	Futtsu, Chiba Futtsu, Chiba is a city located in Chiba Prefecture, Japan. As of September 2010, the city had an estimated population of 47,705 and the population density of 232 persons per km²...	Japan	56 m (183.7 ft)	Commemorates the World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...  dead	1961	35.263544°N 139.862437°E
Usami Dai-Kannon	Kannon	Izu Peninsula Izu Peninsula The is a large mountainous peninsula with deeply indented coasts to the west of Tokyo on the Pacific coast of the island of Honshū, Japan. Formerly the eponymous Izu Province, Izu peninsula is now a part of Shizuoka Prefecture... , Itō, Shizuoka Ito, Shizuoka is a city located on the eastern shore of the Izu Peninsula in Shizuoka, Japan. As of 2010, the city had an estimated population of 71,400 and the density of 578 persons per km². The total area was...	Japan	50 m (164 ft)	The largest sitting Kannon in Japan	1982
Sodoshima Dai-Kannon	Kannon	Shōdoshima Shodoshima is an island located in the Inland Sea of Japan. The name means literally "Island of Small Beans". There are two towns on the island: Tonoshō and Shōdoshima, comprising the district of Shōzu.The island is famous for its stages of Twenty-Four Eyes... , Shōzu District, Kagawa Shozu District, Kagawa is a district located in Kagawa, Japan.As of 2003, the district has an estimated population of 34,714 and a density of 204.20 persons per km². The total area is 170.00 km², most of which is on the island of Shōdoshima.-Mergers:...	Japan	50 m (164 ft)	A tooth of the historical Buddha Buddha In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...  is said to be enshrined inside of it	1994	34.304285°N 134.124733°E
African Renaissance Monument African Renaissance Monument The African Renaissance Monument is a 49m tall bronze statue located on top one of the twin hills known as Collines des Mamelles, outside of Dakar, Senegal. Built overlooking the Atlantic Ocean in the Ouakam suburb, the statue was designed by the Senegalese architect Pierre Goudiaby after an idea...	People of Africa Black people The term black people is used in systems of racial classification for humans of a dark skinned phenotype, relative to other racial groups.Different societies apply different criteria regarding who is classified as "black", and often social variables such as class, socio-economic status also plays a...	Dakar Dakar Dakar is the capital city and largest city of Senegal. It is located on the Cap-Vert Peninsula on the Atlantic coast and is the westernmost city on the African mainland...	Senegal	49 m (161 ft)		2010
Dai Kannon of Kamaishi	Kannon - Gyoran Kannon	Kamaishi, Iwate Kamaishi, Iwate is a small, historic city located on the Sanriku rias coast of Iwate, Japan. As of 2008, the city has an estimated population of 41,022 and a density of 92.9 persons per km². The total area is 441.42 km². It is famous in modern times for its steel production and most recently for its promotion...	Japan	48.5 m (159 ft)	Symbolizes maritime safety and good fishing	1970	39.256532°N 141.900895°E
Ten Directions Samantabhadra Samantabhadra Samantabhadra , is a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with Buddhist practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and fellow bodhisattva Manjusri he forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Buddhism...  Bodhisattva	Buddha - Samantabhadra Samantabhadra Samantabhadra , is a bodhisattva in Mahayana Buddhism associated with Buddhist practice and meditation. Together with Shakyamuni Buddha and fellow bodhisattva Manjusri he forms the Shakyamuni trinity in Buddhism...	Mount Emei Mount Emei "峨眉山" redirects here. For the county-level city that Mount Emei is located in, see Emeishan CityMount Emei is a mountain in Sichuan province, China... , Sichuan Sichuan ' , known formerly in the West by its postal map spellings of Szechwan or Szechuan is a province in Southwest China with its capital in Chengdu...  province	Mainland China	48 m (157 ft)			29.52567°N 103.336802°E
Virgen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace)	Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Trujillo, Trujillo Trujillo, Trujillo Trujillo is the capital city of Trujillo State in Venezuela. About 40,000 people live in this city.Founded by one the "Conquistadores de America", Diego García de Paredes, son of Diego Garcia de Paredes , , Spanish soldier and duellist, native of Trujillo in Extremadura, Spain. This city is...	Venezuela	46.7 m (153 ft)	Work of the sculptor, Manuel de la Fuente	1983	9°20′52"N 70°27′46"W
Statue of Liberty Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty is a colossal neoclassical sculpture on Liberty Island in New York Harbor, designed by Frédéric Bartholdi and dedicated on October 28, 1886...  (Liberty Enlightening the World)	Lady Liberty Liberty (goddess) Goddesses named for and representing the concept Liberty have existed in many cultures, including classical examples dating from the Roman Empire and some national symbols such as the British "Britannia" or the Irish "Kathleen Ni Houlihan"....	Liberty Island Liberty Island Liberty Island is a small uninhabited island in New York Harbor in the United States, best known as the location of the Statue of Liberty. Though so called since the turn of the century, the name did not become official until 1956. In 1937, by proclamation 2250, President Franklin D... , New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east...	United States	46 m (151 ft)	Stands upon a 47 m pedestal. 93 m (305 ft) total monument height.	1886	40.6892°N 74.0445°W
Phuket Big Buddha	Buddha - Sakayamuni Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Phuket Phuket City Phuket is a city located in the southeast of Phuket Island, Thailand. It is the capital of the Phuket Province, covering all of the island. As of 2007 the city has a population of 75,573 people...	Thailand	45 m (150 ft)		2008	7.82784°N 98.313727°E
Kailashnath Mahadev	Shiva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...	Kathmandu	Nepal	43.5 m (143 ft)	The tallest Shiva statue in the world.	2010
Murugan Murugan Murugan also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is a popular Hindu deity especially among Tamil Hindus, worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil influences, especially South India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius and Reunion Island. His six most important shrines in India are the...  statue	Murugan Murugan Murugan also called Kartikeya, Skanda and Subrahmanya, is a popular Hindu deity especially among Tamil Hindus, worshipped primarily in areas with Tamil influences, especially South India, Singapore, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, Mauritius and Reunion Island. His six most important shrines in India are the...	Batu Caves Batu Caves Batu Caves , is a limestone hill, which has a series of caves and cave temples, located in Gombak district, north of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It takes its name from the Sungai Batu or Batu River, which flows past the hill. Batu Caves is also the name of the nearby village.The cave is one of the... , Gombak Gombak Gombak is a district located in the state of Selangor, Malaysia. The district was created on February 1, 1974, the same day when Kuala Lumpur was declared a Federal Territory. Until 1997, Rawang was the district capital; the capital has been moved to Bandar Baru Selayang. Gombak borders Kuala...	Malaysia	39.5 m (123 ft)		2006	3.237483°N 101.683976°E
Santa Rita de Cássia	Rita of Cascia Rita of Cascia Saint Rita of Cascia is an Italian Augustinian saint.-Early life:St. Rita was born at Roccaporena near Spoleto, Umbria, Italy....	Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte Santa Cruz is a town and municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Norte in the Northeast region of Brazil.The City is known for its St. Rita of Cascia Statue, The biggest Brazilian statue.As of the IBGE in 2000, the city had a total population of 31,294. The City is located 115 km from...	Brazil	42 m (137.7 ft)	Stands over a 6 m pedestal and wears a 8 m crown. 56 m (183.7 ft) total monument height.	2010
Grand Byakue Kannon	Kannon	Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture Gunma Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the northwest corner of the Kantō region on Honshu island. Its capital is Maebashi.- History :The remains of a Paleolithic man were found at Iwajuku, Gunma Prefecture, in the early 20th century and there is a public museum there.Japan was without horses until...	Japan	41.8 m (137 ft)		1936	36.311105°N 138.980677°E
Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami is a statue in depicting Hanuman. It is located in the town of Paritala, approximately 240 km from the city of Hyderabad, in the province of Andhra Pradesh, India. The statue, installed in 2003, stands 135 feet tall , is the tallest statue of Hanuman in the...	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Paritala Paritala Paritala is a small village in the Krishna district of the state of Andhra Pradesh, South India.It hosts the tallest statue of Hanuman in India.... , Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India	41 m (135 ft)	World's tallest Hanuman	2003	16.64688°N 80.423339°E
Guanyin of Lianhuashan	Guanyin	Lianhuashan, Guangzhou Guangzhou Guangzhou , known historically as Canton or Kwangchow, is the capital and largest city of the Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in southern China on the Pearl River, about north-northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a key national transportation hub and trading port... , Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...	Mainland China	40.8 m (134 ft)	While the statue was completed in 1994. The gold plating was refinished in 2000	1994	22°59′27.33"N 113°30′1.49"E

Up to 40 metres

Statue	Depicts	Location	Country	Height	Notes	Completed	Coordinates	Photo
José María Morelos statue	José María Morelos José María Morelos José María Teclo Morelos y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811...	Janitzio Janitzio Isla de Janitzio, located at , is the main island of Lake Patzcuaro in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.The town of Janitzio, which means "where it rains", is located atop the hill. Janitzio can only be reached by boats which run regularly back and forth from about 7:30 am to 6 pm,...  island, Michoacán Michoacán Michoacán officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Michoacán de Ocampo is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 113 municipalities and its capital city is Morelia...	Mexico	40 m (132 ft)	Made of pink stone	1934	19.573611°N 101.651944°W
Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue The Genghis Khan Statue is a 40-metre tall statue of Ghengis Khan on horseback, on the bank of the Tuul River at Tsonjin Boldog , where according to legend, he found a golden whip. The statue is coverered in 250 ton of stainless steel is symbolically pointed south towards China...	Genghis Khan Genghis Khan Genghis Khan , born Temujin and occasionally known by his temple name Taizu , was the founder and Great Khan of the Mongol Empire, which became the largest contiguous empire in history after his death....	Tsonjin Boldog, Tuv Province	Mongolia	40 m (132 ft)		2007	47.807927°N 107.536899°E
Standing Amitabha Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism...  Buddha of Fo Guang Shan Fo Guang Shan Fo Guang Shan is an international Chinese Mahayana Buddhist monastic order based in the Republic of China , and one of the largest Buddhist organizations. The headquarters of Fo Guang Shan, located in Kaohsiung, is the largest Buddhist monastery in Taiwan. The organization itself is also one of...	Buddha Amitabha Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism...	Kaohsiung Kaohsiung Kaohsiung is a city located in southwestern Taiwan, facing the Taiwan Strait on the west. Kaohsiung, officially named Kaohsiung City, is divided into thirty-eight districts. The city is one of five special municipalities of the Republic of China...	Republic of China, ROC	40 m (132 ft)			22.749050°N 120.445900°E
Atatürk Mask	Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk Mustafa Kemal Atatürk was an Ottoman and Turkish army officer, revolutionary statesman, writer, and the first President of Turkey. He is credited with being the founder of the Republic of Turkey....	Buca Buca Buca is a district of İzmir Province of Turkey. It is one of the main districts of İzmir Metropolitan Municipality.Buca was one of the preferred settlement areas of İzmir's community of Levantines...  in the Izmir province Izmir Province İzmir Province is a province of Turkey in western Anatolia on the Aegean coast, whose capital is the city of İzmir. On the west it is surrounded by the Aegean sea, and it encloses the Gulf of İzmir. Its area is 11,973 km.2, population 3.948.848 . The population was 3,370,866 in 2000...	Turkey	40 m (132 ft)	Work of the sculptor Harun Atalayman	2009	38.406046°N 27.145991°E
Hongguang Shan Giant Buddha	Buddha - Gautama Buddha Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Urumqi Ürümqi Ürümqi , formerly Tihwa , is the capital of Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China, in the northwest of the country.... , Xinjiang Xinjiang Xinjiang is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China. It is the largest Chinese administrative division and spans over 1.6 million km2...	Mainland China	38.8 m (127 ft)			43.881145°N 87.613478°E
Laozi of Laojunshan Mountain	Laozi Laozi Laozi was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching . His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism...	Luanchuan County, Luoyang Luoyang Luoyang is a prefecture-level city in western Henan province of Central China. It borders the provincial capital of Zhengzhou to the east, Pingdingshan to the southeast, Nanyang to the south, Sanmenxia to the west, Jiyuan to the north, and Jiaozuo to the northeast.Situated on the central plain of... , Henan Henan Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...  province	Mainland China	38 m (124.5 ft)	Gilded bronze statue.	2010
Statue of Padmasambhava Padmasambhava Padmasambhava ; Mongolian ловон Бадмажунай, lovon Badmajunai, , Means The Lotus-Born, was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century...  in Rewalsar	Guru Rinpoche	Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...	India	37.5 m (123 ft)
Shiva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...  of Murudeshwara Murudeshwara Murudeshwara is a town in the Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. "Murudeshwara" is another name of the Hindu god Shiva...	Shiva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...	Murudeshwara Murudeshwara Murudeshwara is a town in the Bhatkal Taluk of Uttara Kannada district in the state of Karnataka, India. "Murudeshwara" is another name of the Hindu god Shiva... , district of Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada Uttara Kannada also known as North Canara or North Kanara, is a district in the southern Indian state of Karnataka. It is bordered by the state of Goa and Belgaum District to the north, Dharwad District and Haveri District to the east, Shimoga District and Udupi District to the south and the... , Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India	37 m (122 ft)		2006	14.093645°N 74.483689°E
Rong Xian Buddha	Buddha	Rong Xian, Sichuan province	Mainland China	37 m (121 ft)
The Merlion Merlion The Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot of Singapore. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese...  of Sentosa Sentosa Sentosa, which translates to peace and tranquility in Malay , is a popular island resort in Singapore, visited by some five million people a year...	A merlion Merlion The Merlion is a mythical creature with the head of a lion and the body of a fish, used as a mascot of Singapore. Its name combines "mer" meaning the sea and "lion". The fish body represents Singapore's origin as a fishing village when it was called Temasek, which means "sea town" in Javanese...	Sentosa	Singapore	37 m (121 ft)		1996	1.2535°N 103.818794°E
Christ the King Christ the King (statue) Christ the King is a statue of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin, Poland, completed on 6 November 2010. The statue is tall, the crown is tall and along with its mound, it reaches overall, making it the tallest statue of Jesus in the world. It weighs 440 tonnes...	Jesus Jesus Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...	Świebodzin Swiebodzin Świebodzin is a town in western Poland with 21,757 inhabitants . It is the capital of Świebodzin CountyIt was formerly part of the Zielona Góra Voivodeship , a reconfiguration of the old German state of Prussia, the eastern 40% of which was inherited by Poland in 1945, and led to the expulsion of...	Poland	36 m (120 ft). It includes a 3 m tall metal crown	Stands on top of a 16 m stone bank. 52 m total monument height. The tallest Christ statue in the world. (2011)	2010	52.236667°N 15.546389°E
Guanyin of Chongyuan Temple	Guanyin	Suzhou Suzhou Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part... , Jiangsu Jiangsu ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...  province	Mainland China	36 m (118 ft)	88-ton indoor statue made of gilded bronze.
Statue of Padmasambhava Padmasambhava Padmasambhava ; Mongolian ловон Бадмажунай, lovon Badmajunai, , Means The Lotus-Born, was a sage guru from Oddiyāna who is said to have transmitted Vajrayana Buddhism to Bhutan and Tibet and neighbouring countries in the 8th century...  in Namchi Namchi Namchi is the capital of the South Sikkim district in the Indian state of Sikkim. The appellation Namchi means Sky High in Bhutia.- Geography :Namchi is located at . It has an average elevation of 1315 metres ....	Guru Rinpoche Rinpoche Rinpoche or Rinboqê is an honorific used in Tibetan Buddhism. It literally means "precious one," and is used to address or describe Tibetan lamas and other high-ranking or respected teachers. This honor is generally bestowed on reincarnated lamas, or Tulkus, by default...	Namchi Namchi Namchi is the capital of the South Sikkim district in the Indian state of Sikkim. The appellation Namchi means Sky High in Bhutia.- Geography :Namchi is located at . It has an average elevation of 1315 metres .... , Sikkim Sikkim Sikkim is a landlocked Indian state nestled in the Himalayan mountains...	India	36 m (118 ft)			27.179514°N 88.380021°E
Alyosha monument Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War Defenders of the Soviet Arctic during the Great Patriotic War , commonly called Alyosha is a monument in Murmansk, Russia to Soviet soldiers, sailors, and airmen of World War II .-Description:...	World War II Russian soldier	Murmansk Murmansk Murmansk is a city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It serves as a seaport and is located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland...	Russia	35.5 m (116.5 ft)	Stands upon a 7 m pedestal. 42,5 m (140 ft) total monument height		68.992902°N 33.071208°E
Bodhisattva Bodhisattva In Buddhism, a bodhisattva is either an enlightened existence or an enlightenment-being or, given the variant Sanskrit spelling satva rather than sattva, "heroic-minded one for enlightenment ." The Pali term has sometimes been translated as "wisdom-being," although in modern publications, and...  Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism....  of Tazawako	Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism....	Tazawako, Akita prefecture Akita Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region of northern Honshu, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Akita.- History :The area of Akita has been created from the ancient provinces of Dewa and Mutsu....	Japan	35 m (115 ft)			39.739192°N 140.723013°E
Birth of the New Man	Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus Christopher Columbus was an explorer, colonizer, and navigator, born in the Republic of Genoa, in northwestern Italy. Under the auspices of the Catholic Monarchs of Spain, he completed four voyages across the Atlantic Ocean that led to general European awareness of the American continents in the...	Sevilla	Spain	35 m (115 ft)		1995	37.427575°N 5.992813°W
Cristo de la Concordia Cristo de la Concordia Cristo de la Concordia is a statue of Jesus Christ located on San Pedro hill in Cochabamba, Bolivia. The statue is tall, on a pedestal of , bringing its total height to...	Jesus Jesus Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...	Cochabamba Cochabamba Cochabamba is a city in central Bolivia, located in a valley bearing the same name in the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cochabamba Department and is the fourth largest city in Bolivia with an urban population of 608,276 and a metropolitan population of more than 1,000,000 people...	Bolivia	34.2 m (112 ft)	Stands upon a 6.2 m pedestal. 40.4 m (132.5 ft) total monument height.	1994	17.384522°S 66.13452°W
Tian Tan Buddha Tian Tan Buddha Tian Tan Buddha, also known as the Big Buddha, is a large bronze statue of a Buddha, completed in 1993, and located at Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, in Hong Kong. The statue is located near Po Lin Monastery and symbolises the harmonious relationship between man and nature, people and religion...	Buddha - Gautama Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Ngong Ping Ngong Ping Ngong Ping is a highland in the western part of Lantau Island, Hong Kong. It hosts Po Lin Monastery and Tian Tan Buddha amidst the hills which is about 34 m tall. There are many hills nearby which are also an attraction to tourists. It is now the terminus of the cable car ride Ngong Ping Cable... , Lantau Island Lantau Island Lantau Island , based on the old local name of Lantau Peak , is the largest island in Hong Kong, located at the mouth of the Pearl River. Administratively, most of Lantau Island is part of the Islands District of Hong Kong...	Hong Kong	34 m (112 ft)		1993	22.253889°N 113.904722°E
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart)	Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Le Mas-Rillier in Miribel, Ain Miribel, Ain Miribel is a commune in the Ain department in eastern France.It is a suburb of Lyon.-Population:...	Early Modern France	33 m (108 ft)	Over a 20 m building/pedestal. 53 m (174 ft) total height.	1941	45.828919°N 4.950349°E
Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa Beopjusa Beopjusa is a head temple of the Jogye Order of Korean Buddhism. It is situated on the slopes of Songnisan in Naesongni-myeon, Boeun County, in the province of Chungcheongbuk-do, South Korea. It was initially constructed in 653 by the Silla monk Uisin...	Buddha - Maitreya Buddha	Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do Chungcheongbuk-do Chungcheongbuk-do is a province in the centre of South Korea. It was formed in 1896 from the northeastern half of the former Chungcheong province...  province	South Korea	33 m (108 ft)
Laozi Laozi Laozi was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching . His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism...  statue in Mount Mao	Laozi Laozi Laozi was a mystic philosopher of ancient China, best known as the author of the Tao Te Ching . His association with the Tao Te Ching has led him to be traditionally considered the founder of Taoism...	near Zhenjiang Zhenjiang Zhenjiang is a prefecture-level city in the southwest of Jiangsu province in the eastern People's Republic of China . Sitting on the southern bank of the Yangtze River, it borders the provincial capital of Nanjing to the west, Changzhou to the east, and Yangzhou across the river to the north.Once... , Jiangsu Jiangsu ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name...  province	Mainland China	33 m (108 ft)			31°47′48.38"N 119°18′39.77"E
Mangal Mahadev	Shiva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...	Ganga Talao lake	Mauritius	33 m (108 ft)		2007	20.4164°S 57.4924°E
Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...  Murti Murti In Hinduism, a murti , or murthi, or vigraha or pratima typically refers to an image which expresses a Divine Spirit . Meaning literally "embodiment", a murti is a representation of a divinity, made usually of stone, wood, or metal, which serves as a means through which a divinity may be worshiped...  in Shimla	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Shimla Shimla Shimla , formerly known as Simla, is the capital city of Himachal Pradesh. In 1864, Shimla was declared the summer capital of the British Raj in India. A popular tourist destination, Shimla is often referred to as the "Queen of Hills," a term coined by the British... , Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh Himachal Pradesh is a state in Northern India. It is spread over , and is bordered by the Indian states of Jammu and Kashmir on the north, Punjab on the west and south-west, Haryana and Uttar Pradesh on the south, Uttarakhand on the south-east and by the Tibet Autonomous Region on the east...	India	33 m (108 ft)	Located at 8,500 ft(2,591 mt) above sea level	2010
Mindroling Monastery Buddha statue	Buddha	Dehradun Dehradun - Geography :The Dehradun district has various types of physical geography from Himalayan mountains to Plains. Raiwala is the lowest point at 315 meters above sea level, and the highest points are within the Tiuni hills, rising to 3700 m above sea level... , Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...  state	India	32.6 m (107 ft)
Standing Buddha in the Wat Intharawihan Wat Intharawihan Wat Intharawihan or Wat Intharavihan is a wat located in the Nakhon District of Bangkok, Thailand. It was built at the beginning of the Ayutthaya period and was originally called Wat Rai Phrik....	Buddha	Bangkok Bangkok Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...	Thailand	32.5 m (106 ft)
Hanuman in Nandura	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...	India	32 m (105 ft)
Statue of Mao in Juzizhou	Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...	Yuelu District Yuelu District Yuelu is one of five urban districts of Changsha, the capital of Hunan province, China. It is located on the west bank of Xiang River , and named after the Yuelu Mountain, one of National Historical Interest and Scenic Beauties of China.... , Changsha	Mainland China	32 m (105 ft)		2009
Bhaisajyaguru Bhaisajyaguru Bhaiṣajyaguru , formally Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja , is the buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the "Medicine Buddha", he is described as a doctor who cures suffering using the medicine of his teachings.-Origin:...  of the Nihon-Ji Temple	Buddha - Bhaisajyaguru Bhaisajyaguru Bhaiṣajyaguru , formally Bhaiṣajyaguruvaidūryaprabharāja , is the buddha of healing and medicine in Mahāyāna Buddhism. Commonly referred to as the "Medicine Buddha", he is described as a doctor who cures suffering using the medicine of his teachings.-Origin:...	Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba Awa District, Chiba is a district located in Chiba, Japan.As of August 2010, the district had an estimated population of 8,992 and a density of 198 persons per km². Its total area was 45.16 km².-History:...	Japan	31 m (102 ft)	Largest pre-modern Japan sculpture	1790 (approximate date)	35.157732°N 139.834757°E
Jalesveva Jayamahe	Navy Officer	Surabaya Surabaya Surabaya is Indonesia's second-largest city with a population of over 2.7 million , and the capital of the province of East Java...	Indonesia	30.6 m	Standing 30 meters concrete building.Total height 60.6 m	1996	7°11′46.74"S 112°44′23.16"E
Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri	Shiva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...	Haridwar Haridwar Haridwar is an important pilgrimage city and municipality in the Haridwar district of Uttarakhand, India... , Uttarakhand Uttarakhand Uttarakhand , formerly Uttaranchal, is a state in the northern part of India. It is often referred to as the Land of Gods due to the many holy Hindu temples and cities found throughout the state, some of which are among Hinduism's most spiritual and auspicious places of pilgrimage and worship...	India	30.5 m (100 ft)
São Francisco de Canindé	Francis of Assisi Francis of Assisi Saint Francis of Assisi was an Italian Catholic friar and preacher. He founded the men's Franciscan Order, the women’s Order of St. Clare, and the lay Third Order of Saint Francis. St...	Canindé Canindé, Ceará Canindé is a municipality in the state of Ceará, located in the micro-region Canindé, meso North Cearense. Naqual is the city still celebrates one of the oldest religious festivals in Brazil: the Feast of São Francisco das Chagas.- External links :*... , Ceará Ceará Ceará is one of the 27 states of Brazil, located in the northeastern part of the country, on the Atlantic coast. It is currently the 8th largest Brazilian State by population and the 17th by area. It is also one of the main touristic destinations in Brazil. The state capital is the city of...	Brazil	30.5 m (100 ft)		2005	4.367486°S 39.305166°W

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Statue	Depicts	Location	Country	Height	Notes	Completed	Coordinates	Photo
Christ Blessing (Kristus kase Berkat)	Jesus	Manado Manado Manado is the capital of the North Sulawesi province of Indonesia. Manado is located at the Bay of Manado, and is surrounded by a mountainous area. The city has about 405,715 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in Sulawesi after Makassar...	Indonesia	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 Tlalnepantla de Baz Tlalnepantla de Baz is a city and a municipality of the State of Mexico in the north of Mexico City . Tlalnepantla comes from the Náhuatl words tlalli and nepantla to mean the middle land... , Mexico State	Mexico	30 m (98.5 ft)	Stands on a 10 m tall pedestal. 40 m (132 ft) total height.		19.562014°N 99.184463°W
Virgen de El Panecillo El Panecillo El Panecillo is a 200-metre-high hill of volcanic-origin, with loess soil, located between southern and central Quito. Its peak is at an elevation of 3,016 metres above sea level. The original name used by the aboriginal inhabitants of Quito was Yavirac... (Virgin in The Panecillo)	Woman of the Apocalypse Woman of the Apocalypse The phrase Woman of the Apocalypse refers to a character from the Book of Revelation 12:1-18:1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars. 2 And being with child, she cried travailing in birth: and was in...	Quito Quito San Francisco de Quito, most often called Quito , is the capital city of Ecuador in northwestern South America. It is located in north-central Ecuador in the Guayllabamba river basin, on the eastern slopes of Pichincha, an active stratovolcano in the Andes mountains...	Ecuador	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
Cristo Redentor do Corcovado Christ the Redeemer (statue) Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. It is tall, including its pedestal, and wide. It weighs 635 tonnes , and is located at the peak of the Corcovado...  (Christ the Redeemer)	Jesus	Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th...	Brazil	30 m (98.5 ft)	Stands on a 9.5 m pedestal. 39.6 m (130 ft) total monument height	1931	22.951667°S 43.210833°W
Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Kek Lok Si The Kek Lok Si Temple is a Buddhist temple situated in Air Itam in Penang and is one of the best known temples on the island. It is the largest Buddhist temple in Southeast Asia....  Temple	Guanyin	Air Itam Air Itam Air Itam is a town in Penang, Malaysia. The famous Kek Lok Si Temple and Penang Hill are situated there. A famous Chinese secondary school, named Chung Ling High School, is located in Jalan Air Itam. The State Mosque, or Masjid Negeri, is also located there... , Penang Penang Penang is a state in Malaysia and the name of its constituent island, located on the northwest coast of Peninsular Malaysia by the Strait of Malacca. It is bordered by Kedah in the north and east, and Perak in the south. Penang is the second smallest Malaysian state in area after Perlis, and the...  island	Malaysia	30 m (98.5 ft)	It's sheltered inside a 60.9m tall pavilion, the tallest in the world	1999	5°23′52"N 100°16′21"E
Cristo del Otero	Jesus	Palencia Palencia Palencia is a city south of Tierra de Campos, in north-northwest Spain, the capital of the province of Palencia in the autonomous community of Castile-Leon...	Spain	30 m (98.5 ft)		1931	42.02789°N 4.52932°E
Thiruvalluvar Statue Thiruvalluvar Statue The Thiruvalluvar Statue is a 133 feet tall stone sculpture of the Tamil poet and saint Tiruvalluvar, author of the Thirukkural. It was opened on January 1, 2000 and is located atop a small island near the town of Kanyakumari, where two seas and an ocean meet; the Bay of Bengal, the Arabian Sea,...	Tiruvalluvar Tiruvalluvar Thiruvalluvar , or Tiruvalluvar, was a celebrated Tamil poet whose contribution to Tamil literature is the Thirukkural, a work on ethics. Thiruvalluvar is thought to have lived sometime between the 2nd century BC and the 8th century AD. This estimate is based on linguistic analysis of his writings,...	Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu Tamil Nadu is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai. Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the union territory of Pondicherry, and the states of Kerala, Karnataka, and Andhra Pradesh...	India	29 m (95 ft)	Stands on a 11.5-m pedestal. 40.5 m (133 ft) total monument height	2000	8.0777°N 77.5539°E
Erawan Museum Erawan Museum Erawan Museum is a museum in Samut Prakan, Thailand. It is well known for its giant three-headed elephant art display. The three storeys inside the elephant contain antiquities and priceless collections of ancient religious objects belonging to Khun Lek Viriyapant who is the museum owner.The...	Airavata Airavata Airavata is a mythological white elephant who carries the Hindu god Indra. It is also called 'Ardha-Matanga', meaning "elephant of the clouds"; 'Naga-malla', meaning "the fighting elephant"; and 'Arkasodara', meaning "brother of the sun". 'Abharamu' is the elephant wife of Airavata. Airavata has...	Samut Prakan	Thailand	28.9 m (95 ft)	Stands over a 15 m tall building. 43.8 m (144 ft) total monument height		13.628231°N 100.588991°E
White marble Guan Yin of Yinxian	Guanyin	Yinxian, Zhejiang Zhejiang Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...	Mainland China	29 m (95 ft)			22.978158°N 114.018454°E
Monumental Virgen de Guadalupe	Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Xicotepec de Juarez, Puebla	Mexico	28 m (92 ft)		2008	20°17′10"N 97°57′14"W
Cristo-Rei Cristo-Rei The Sanctuary of Christ the King is a Catholic monument and shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ overlooking the city of Lisbon, Portugal. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and inaugurated on 17 May 1959...  (Christ the King Christ the King Christ the King is a title of Jesus based on several passages of Scripture. It is used by most Christians. The Roman Catholic Church, together with many Protestant denominations, including the Anglican Churches, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Methodists, celebrate the Feast of Christ the King on the... )	Jesus	Almada Almada Almada is a municipality in Portugal, covering an area of 70.2 km² located on the southern margin of the Tagus River. Its municipal population in 2008 was 164,844 inhabitants; the urbanized center had a population of 102,357.The seat is the city of Almada....	Portugal	28 m (92 ft)	Stands on a 82 m pedestal. 103 m (338 ft) total	1959	38°40′43"N 9°10′17"W
Christ of Vung Tau Christ of Vung Tau Christ of Vung Tau is a statue of Jesus, standing on Mount Nho in Vung Tau, Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province, Dong Nam Bo, Vietnam. The Catholic Association built the statue in 1974 and it was completed in 1993....	Jesus	Vung Tau Vung Tàu Vũng Tàu is a city in southern Vietnam. Its population in 2005 was 240,000. The city area is including 13 urban wards and one village. It is the capital of Ba Ria-Vung Tau province, and is the crude oil extraction center of Vietnam. It is also known as one of the most beautiful cities of tourism... , Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province Ba Ria-Vung Tau Province Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu is a province of Vietnam. It is located on the coast of the country's southeastern region. It also includes the Côn Đảo islands, located some distance off Vietnam's southeastern coast...	Vietnam	28 m (92 ft)	Stands on a 10 m platform. 38 m (126.5 ft) total monument height		10.326303°N 107.084641°E
Qianshou Guanyin of Donglin Temple Donglin Temple (Shanghai) Donglin Temple is a Buddhist temple located in the town of Zhujing, Jinshan District, Shanghai, China. It is dedicated to Guan Yin, the bodhisattva of compassion.- History :...	Guanyin	Jinshan District Jinshan District Jinshan District of Shanghai is neighbouring Zhejiang and near Hangzhou Bay. It has a land area of 586.14 km² and a population 536,900 as of 2001.... , Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...	Mainland China	27 m (90 ft)	Indoor statue. It stands over a 2 m lotus base. 29 m total height	2007	30.896553°N 121.160639°E
Lenin statue	Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...	Volgograd Volgograd Volgograd , formerly called Tsaritsyn and Stalingrad is an important industrial city and the administrative center of Volgograd Oblast, Russia. It is long, north to south, situated on the western bank of the Volga River...	Russia	27 m (88.6 ft)	Stands on a 30 m pedestal. The tallest Lenin statue in the world.	1973	48°31′39"N 44°33′31"E
Bingling Temple Bingling Temple The Bingling Temple is a series of grottoes filled with Buddhist sculpture carved into natural caves and caverns in a canyon along the Yellow River. It lies just north of where the Yellow River empties into the Liujiaxia Reservoir...  Maitreya Buddha	Buddha - Maitreya Maitreya Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...	Jishi Hill, near Lanzhou Lanzhou Lanzhou is the capital and largest city of Gansu Province in Northwest China. A prefecture-level city, it is a key regional transportation hub, allowing areas further west to maintain railroad connections to the eastern half of the country.... , Gansu Gansu ' is a province located in the northwest of the People's Republic of China.It lies between the Tibetan and Huangtu plateaus, and borders Mongolia, Inner Mongolia, and Ningxia to the north, Xinjiang and Qinghai to the west, Sichuan to the south, and Shaanxi to the east...  province	Mainland 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
Tochigi Heiwa-Kannon	Kannon's embodiment as the goddess of Peace	Near Utsunomiya; Tochigi Prefecture Tochigi Prefecture is a prefecture located in the Kantō region on the island of Honshū, Japan. The capital is the city of Utsunomiya.Nikkō, whose ancient Shintō shrines and Buddhist temples UNESCO has recognized by naming them a World Heritage Site, is in this prefecture...	Japan	27 m (88.6 ft)	Work of sculptor Asajiro Hida	1954	36.595996°N 139.8196°E
Cristo Rei of Dili Cristo Rei of Dili Cristo Rei of Dili or Christ the King of Dili is a 88.6 foot tall statue of Jesus located atop a globe in Dili, East Timor. This statue was designed by Mochamad Syailillah, who is usually called Bolil. The statue was officially unveiled by Suharto in 1996 as gift from the Indonesian government to...  (Christ the King Christ the King Christ the King is a title of Jesus based on several passages of Scripture. It is used by most Christians. The Roman Catholic Church, together with many Protestant denominations, including the Anglican Churches, Presbyterians, Lutherans and Methodists, celebrate the Feast of Christ the King on the... )	Jesus	Dili Dili Dili, spelled Díli in Portuguese, is the capital, largest city, chief port and commercial centre of East Timor.-Geography and Administration:Dili lies on the northern coast of Timor island, the easternmost of the Lesser Sunda Islands....	East Timor	27 m (88.6 ft)	Gift from the Indonesian government to the East Timorese people	1995	8.520815°N 125.608508°E
Our Lady of the Rockies Our Lady of the Rockies Our Lady of the Rockies is a 90-foot statue dedicated to mothers everywhere, that sits atop the Continental Divide overlooking Butte, Montana. It is the United States' largest Madonna and its second largest statue....	Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Butte, Montana Butte, Montana Butte is a city in Montana and the county seat of Silver Bow County, United States. In 1977, the city and county governments consolidated to form the sole entity of Butte-Silver Bow. As of the 2010 census, Butte's population was 34,200...	United States	27 m (88.6 ft)	Design of Laurien Eugene Riehl	1985	46°0′1.7"N 112°26′46.58"W
Smiling Buddha of the Bao Jue Temples of Taichung Like many of Taiwan’s older cities, Taichung has a large number of old temples and shrines that have historical value and are typical of the eras in which they were built...  Temple	Buddha - Maitreya Buddha	Taichung Taichung -Demographics:Taichung’s population was an estimated 1,040,725 in August 2006. There are slightly more females in the city than males.24.32% of residents are children, while 16.63% are young people, 52.68% are middle-age, and 6.73% are elderly....	Republic of China, ROC	26.8 m (88 ft)			24°9′33.96"N 120°41′18.53"E
Samadhi Buddha Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...  in Kurunegala Kurunegala Kurunegala , is the capital of the North Western Province, Sri Lanka, Sri Lanka and the Kurunegala District. Kurunegala was also an ancient royal capital for 50 years, from the end of the 13th century to the start of the 13th century. The town itself is a busy commercial and a transport hub...	Buddha - Gautama Buddha Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	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
Hermannsdenkmal Hermannsdenkmal The Hermannsdenkmal is a monument located in Ostwestfalen-Lippe in Germany in the Southern part of the Teutoburg Forest, which is southwest of Detmold in the district of Lippe...	Chief Arminius Arminius Arminius , also known as Armin or Hermann was a chieftain of the Germanic Cherusci who defeated a Roman army in the Battle of the Teutoburg Forest...	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
Carved Sitting Byakue	Kannon - Byakue Kannon	Soma Soma, Fukushima is a coastal city located in Fukushima, Japan, approximately 30 kilometers South of Sendai. Japan National Route 6 runs through Sōma, since 2001 augmented by the Route 6 Sōma Bypass, which runs up to 2 km East of the original route, around the city center....  city, Fukushima Fukushima Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku region on the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Fukushima.-History:Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Fukushima prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....  prefecture	Japan	26.4 m (87 ft)		1930 (construction started)
Migjid Janraisig in the Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery The Gandantegchinlen Monastery , is a Tibetan-style monastery in the Mongolian capital of Ulaanbaatar that has been restored and revitalized since 1990. The Tibetan name translates to the "Great Place of Complete Joy." It currently has over 150 monks in residence...	Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism....	Ulan Bator	Mongolia	26.4 m (87 ft)		1913	47.923144°N 106.895009°E
Chinmaya Ganadhish	Ganesha Ganesha Ganesha , also spelled Ganesa or Ganesh, also known as Ganapati , Vinayaka , and Pillaiyar , is one of the deities best-known and most widely worshipped in the Hindu pantheon. His image is found throughout India and Nepal. Hindu sects worship him regardless of affiliations...	Kolhapur, Maharashtra Maharashtra Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...  state	India	26 m (85 ft)	Idol at Chinmaya Sandeepany Ashram	2001	16.797557°N 74.290023°E
Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...  of Carapichaima Carapichaima Carapichaima is a small and quickly developing town in the heart of central Trinidad. This multi-ethnic and multi-cultural town encompasses a large area that comprises many small communities and villages including Orange Field Village, Waterloo, Brickfield Village and Korea Village.-History:The...	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Carapichaima Carapichaima Carapichaima is a small and quickly developing town in the heart of central Trinidad. This multi-ethnic and multi-cultural town encompasses a large area that comprises many small communities and villages including Orange Field Village, Waterloo, Brickfield Village and Korea Village.-History:The...	Trinidad and Tobago	26 m (85 ft)
Adinath, Bawangaja Bawangaja Bawangaja is a famous Jain pilgrim center in the Barwani district of Madhya Pradesh in India. Its main attraction is the world's tallest statue, of the first Jain Tirthankara Adinatha. The statue is high, and was created early in the 12th century. The statue is supported from the back unlike one...	Adinath Adinath Adinath or Adin atha is a Sanskrit word meaning "First Lord" and can refer to:* Adi Jina, a title of the Lord Rishabha* Adi Nath, a title of the Hindu deity Shiva* Adinath Sampradaya, a sadhu sub-sect of the Nath Sampradaya...	Barwani Barwani Barwani , also known as Badwani, is a city and a municipality in Barwani District in the state of Madhya Pradesh, India. The city is situated near the left bank of the Narmada River, and is the administrative headquarter of Barwani District. It has served as the capital of the former princely state... , Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh Madhya Pradesh , often called the Heart of India, is a state in central India. Its capital is Bhopal and Indore is the largest city....	India	26 m (84 ft)	This is one of the older tallest statues in India
Christ the King of Cali	Jesus	Santiago de Cali Santiago de Cali Santiago de Cali , simply referred to as Cali, is a city in western Colombia and the capital of the Valle del Cauca Department. With a population of 2.5 million, Cali is the third largest city in the country. It has one of the fastest growing economies and infrastructure in the country because... , Valle del Cauca Department Valle del Cauca Department Valle del Cauca is a department of Colombia. It is in the western side of the country, facing the Pacific Ocean, and it is considered one of the most important departments in the Republic of Colombia. Its capital is Santiago de Cali...	Colombia	26 m (85 ft)		1953	3.436262°N 76.565083°E
Jesus of the Mercy	Jesus	San Juan del Sur San Juan del Sur San Juan del Sur is a municipality and coastal town on the Pacific Ocean, in the Rivas department in south-west Nicaragua. San Juan del Sur is popular among surfers and is a vacation spot for many Nicaraguan families and foreign tourists.... , Rivas Department	Nicaragua	26 m (85 ft)		2009	11°15′N 85°52′W
The Broken Christ	Jesus	San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes San José de Gracia is a municipality in the Mexican state of Aguascalientes. It stands at .Its municipal seat is the town of San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes.-External links:*http://www.aguascalientes.gob.mx/estado/m_sjg.html...	Mexico	25 m (82 ft)	Stands over 3 m tall pedestal. 28 m (92 ft) total height.	2006	22.139185°N 102.431594°E
Christ Roi des Houches	Jesus	Les Houches Les Houches Les Houches is a commune in the Haute-Savoie department in the Rhône-Alpes region in south-eastern France.-Overview:It is a ski-resort, and is located 6 kilometres from Chamonix with a ski domain which extends from an altitude of 950 metres up to 1900 metres... , Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie Haute-Savoie is a French department in the Rhône-Alpes region of eastern France. It borders both Switzerland and Italy. The capital is Annecy. To the north is Lake Geneva and Switzerland; to the south and southeast are the Mont Blanc and Aravis mountain ranges and the French entrance to the Mont...	Early Modern France	25 m (82 ft)		1934
Cristo Blanco (White Christ)	Jesus	Cusco Cusco Cusco , often spelled Cuzco , is a city in southeastern Peru, near the Urubamba Valley of the Andes mountain range. It is the capital of the Cusco Region as well as the Cuzco Province. In 2007, the city had a population of 358,935 which was triple the figure of 20 years ago... , Cusco Province Cusco Province Cusco Province is the smallest of thirteen provinces in the Cusco Region in the southern highlands of Peru.-Political division:The province is divided into eight districts , each of which is headed by a mayor...	Peru	25 m (82 ft)		1987
Great Buddha in the coiled Nāga Naga Naga or NAGA may refer to:* Nāga, a group of serpent deities in Hindu and Buddhist mythology.-People:* Nayan / Nayar/Nair people of Kerala Society* Naga people, a diverse ethnic identity in Northeast India...	Buddha	inside the Xieng Khuan, Vientiane Vientiane -Geography:Vientiane is situated on a bend of the Mekong river, which forms the border with Thailand at this point.-Climate:Vientiane features a tropical wet and dry climate with a distinct monsoon season and a dry season. Vientiane’s dry season spans from November through March. April marks the...	Laos	25 m (82 ft)
Ōfuna Kannon	Kannon	Kamakura, Kanagawa Kamakura, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about south-south-west of Tokyo. It used to be also called .Although Kamakura proper is today rather small, it is often described in history books as a former de facto capital of Japan as the seat of the Shogunate and of the Regency during the...	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	35.353435°N 139.52870°E
Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Amritsar Amritsar Amritsar is a city in the northern part of India and is the administrative headquarters of Amritsar district in the state of Punjab, India. The 2001 Indian census reported the population of the city to be over 1,500,000, with that of the entire district numbering 3,695,077... , Punjab state	India	24.5 m (80 ft)
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Worker and Kolkhoz Woman Worker and Kolkhoz Woman is a 24.5 meter high sculpture made from stainless steel by Vera Mukhina for the 1937 World's Fair in Paris, and subsequently moved to Moscow. The sculpture is an example of the socialist realistic style, as well as Art Deco style...	Proletarian workers Proletariat The proletariat is a term used to identify a lower social class, usually the working class; a member of such a class is proletarian...	Moscow	Russia	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
Jiangang Jing She Temple Buddha	Buddha	Tambun Tambun Tambun is a major town in the Kinta district of Perak, Malaysia. The Lost World of Tambun, a waterpark, is located here.-Pomeloes:... , Perak Perak Perak , one of the 13 states of Malaysia, is the second largest state in the Peninsular Malaysia bordering Kedah and Yala Province of Thailand to the north, Penang to the northwest, Kelantan and Pahang to the east, Selangor the Strait of Malacca to the south and west.Perak means silver in Malay...  state	Malaysia	24 m (77 ft)
Heiwa Kannon of Funaoka Park	Kannon's embodiment as the goddess of Peace	near Funaoka station Funaoka Station (Miyagi) is a JR East railway station located in Shibata, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan.-Adjacent stations:... , Miyagi Prefecture Miyagi Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan in the Tōhoku Region on Honshu island. The capital is Sendai.- History :Miyagi Prefecture was formerly part of the province of Mutsu. Mutsu Province, on northern Honshu, was one of the last provinces to be formed as land was taken from the indigenous Emishi, and became the...	Japan	24 m (77 m)
Kannon of the Ryozen Historical Memorial	Kannon	Kyoto Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:... , Kyoto Prefecture Kyoto Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kansai region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Kyoto.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Kyoto prefecture was known as Yamashiro....	Japan	24 m (77 ft)	Commemorates the soldiers who died in World War II	1955
The White Buddha statue of Long Son Pagoda	Buddha - Gautama Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Nha Trang Nha Trang Nha Trang is a coastal city and capital of Khanh Hoa province, on the South Central Coast of Vietnam. It is bounded on the North by Ninh Hoà district, on the East by the South China Sea, on the South by Cam Ranh town and on the West by Diên Khánh district... , Khanh Hoa province Khanh Hoa Province Khánh Hòa is a province of Vietnam, located in the South Central Coast. It has a population of 1,066,300 and spans an area of 5,197 km². Its capital is Nha Trang...	Vietnam	24 m (77 ft)			12.251994°N 109.18086°E
Il Sancarlone	Saint Charles Borromeo	Arona, province of Novara Province of Novara Novara is a province in the Piedmont region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Novara.It has an area of 1,339 km², and a total population of 365.156 . There are 88 communes in the province.-External links:*...	Italy	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
Cristo Rey de los Álamos	Jesus Jesus Jesus of Nazareth , commonly referred to as Jesus Christ or simply as Jesus or Christ, is the central figure of Christianity...	Tijuana Tijuana Tijuana is the largest city on the Baja California Peninsula and center of the Tijuana metropolitan area, part of the international San Diego–Tijuana metropolitan area. An industrial and financial center of Mexico, Tijuana exerts a strong influence on economics, education, culture, art, and politics... , Baja California Baja California Baja California officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is both the northernmost and westernmost state of Mexico. Before becoming a state in 1953, the area was known as the North...  state	Mexico	23.3 m (76 ft)		1999
Mother Armenia Mother Armenia Mother Armenia is the female personification of Armenia. Her most visual rendering is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia.-History:...  (Mayr Hayastan)	Mother Armenia Mother Armenia Mother Armenia is the female personification of Armenia. Her most visual rendering is a monumental statue in Victory Park overlooking the capital city of Yerevan, Armenia.-History:...	Yerevan Yerevan Yerevan is the capital and largest city of Armenia and one of the world's oldest continuously-inhabited cities. Situated along the Hrazdan River, Yerevan is the administrative, cultural, and industrial center of the country...	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
Christ the King in Saint Apollonia Saint Apollonia Saint Apollonia was one of a group of virgin martyrs who suffered in Alexandria during a local uprising against the Christians prior to the persecution of Decius. According to legend, her torture included having all of her teeth violently pulled out or shattered...  mount	Jesus	Pachuca Pachuca Pachuca, formally Pachuca de Soto is the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo. It is located in the south-central part of the state. Pachuca de Soto is also the name of the municipality of which the city serves as municipal seat... , Hidalgo	Mexico	23 m (75 ft)	Stands on a 10 m tall pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height.	1996	20.130261°N 98.721771°W
Torii Kannon	Kannon	Hannou city, Saitama prefecture Saitama Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Kantō region of the island of Honshu. The capital is the city of Saitama.This prefecture is part of the Greater Tokyo Area, and most of Saitama's cities can be described as suburbs of Tokyo, to which a large amount of residents commute each day.- History...	Japan	23 m (75 ft)	Stands on a 12 m pedestal. 35 m (115 ft) total height	1971
Cristo Rey del Tupungato Tupungato Tupungato, one of the highest mountains in South America, is a massive stratovolcano dating to Pleistocene times. It lies on the border between the Chilean Metropolitan Region and the , near a major international highway about 80 km east of Santiago, Chile. It is located about south of Monte...	Jesus	Tupungato Valley, Mendoza Province Mendoza Province The Province of Mendoza is a province of Argentina, located in the western central part of the country in the Cuyo region. It borders to the north with San Juan, the south with La Pampa and Neuquén, the east with San Luis, and to the west with the republic of Chile; the international limit is...	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 Sacred Heart The Sacred Heart is one of the most famous religious devotions to Jesus' physical heart as the representation of His divine love for Humanity.... )	Jesus	near Rosarito, Baja California state	Mexico	23 m (75 ft)
Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....  statue	Vishnu Vishnu Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....	Garuda Wisnu Kencana Garuda Wisnu Kencana Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, or Garuda Wisnu Kencana is a private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia...  park in the Bukit Peninsula	Indonesia	23 m (75 ft)	Original project was to construct a 140 m sculpture, currently on hiatus.
Hanuman Vatika	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Rourkela Rourkela Rourkela is located in the northwestern tip of the Indian state of Orissa at the heart of a rich mineral belt. It is situated about north of state capital Bhubaneswar.It is surrounded by a range of hills and encircled by rivers. One of the largest steel plants of the Steel Authority of India... , Orissa Orissa Orissa , officially Odisha since Nov 2011, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Orissa was established on 1 April...  state	India	23 m (75 ft)
Golden Buddha in the Likir Monastery Likir Monastery Likir Monastery or Likir Gompa is a Buddhist monastery in Ladakh, northern India, located approximately west of Leh. It is picturesquely situated on a little hill in the valley near the Indus River and the village of Saspol about north of the Srinigar to Leh highway...	Buddha - Maitreya Buddha	Ladakh Ladakh Ladakh is a region of Jammu and Kashmir, the northernmost state of the Republic of India. It lies between the Kunlun mountain range in the north and the main Great Himalayas to the south, inhabited by people of Indo-Aryan and Tibetan descent... , Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir Jammu and Kashmir is the northernmost state of India. It is situated mostly in the Himalayan mountains. Jammu and Kashmir shares a border with the states of Himachal Pradesh and Punjab to the south and internationally with the People's Republic of China to the north and east and the...	India	23 m (75 ft)	There is a small museum which houses collections of thankas, old religious and domestic costumes	1999	34.293238°N 77.215122°E
Golden Driller Golden Driller The Golden Driller is a , statue of an oil worker, in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Although it is claimed to be the largest free-standing statue in the world, there are many taller statues. It is currently the third tallest statue in the United States.- Overview :...	Oilman	Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa, Oklahoma Tulsa is the second-largest city in the state of Oklahoma and 46th-largest city in the United States. With a population of 391,906 as of the 2010 census, it is the principal municipality of the Tulsa Metropolitan Area, a region with 937,478 residents in the MSA and 988,454 in the CSA. Tulsa's...	United States	23 m (75 ft)		1953	36.133638°N 95.931158°W
Golden Buddha in Ulan Bator	Buddha	Ulan Bator	Mongolia	23 m (75 ft)		2005	47.885989°N 106.91224°E
Monument to the Discoverer Faith (es:)	Christopher Columbus	Huelva Huelva Huelva is a city in southwestern Spain, the capital of the province of Huelva in the autonomous region of Andalusia. It is located along the Gulf of Cadiz coast, at the confluence of the Odiel and Tinto rivers. According to the 2010 census, the city has a population of 149,410 inhabitants. The...	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
Guan Yin	Guanyin	Zhongzheng Zhongzheng Zhongzheng District is the home of most of the national government buildings of the Republic of China. This includes the Presidential Office, the Executive Yuan, the Control Yuan, the Legislative Yuan, the Judicial Yuan, and various government ministries...  Park, Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area The Taipei–Keelung metropolitan area is the largest metropolitan area in the Republic of China . The metropolitan area includes Taipei City, New Taipei City, and Keelung City...	Republic of China, ROC	22.4 m (73 ft)			25°08′0.46"N 121°45′1.27"E
Cristo de La Caldera La Caldera La Caldera is a village and rural municipality in Salta Province in northwestern Argentina.-References:...	Jesus	Salta Province Salta Province Salta is a province of Argentina, located in the northwest of the country. Neighboring provinces are from the east clockwise Formosa, Chaco, Santiago del Estero, Tucumán and Catamarca. It also surrounds Jujuy...	Argentina	22 m (72 ft)	26 m (86.3 ft) total monument height	1969
Monument to the Battle of Sakarya Battle of Sakarya The Battle of Sakarya , also known as the Battle of the Sangarios , was an important engagement in the Greco-Turkish War and Turkish War of Independence....	Turkish Soldier	Polatlı, Ankara Ankara Ankara is the capital of Turkey and the country's second largest city after Istanbul. The city has a mean elevation of , and as of 2010 the metropolitan area in the entire Ankara Province had a population of 4.4 million....	Turkey	22 m	Stands on a 9 m pedestal, 31 m total height.	2008
Cristo Redentore	Jesus	Maratea Maratea Maratea is a town and comune of Basilicata, in the province of Potenza. It is the only town of the region on the Tyrrhenian coast and because of its beautiful scenery and coastline it has been called "the Pearl of the Tyrrhenian"... , province of Potenza Province of Potenza The Province of Potenza is a province in the Basilicata region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Potenza.-Geography:It has an area of 6,545 km² and a total population of 387,107 . There are 100 comuni in the province .-History:In 272 B.C. the province was conquered by the Greek army...	Italy	22 m (72 ft)		1965
Aumisme Buddha Maitreya in Mandarom	Buddha - Maitreya Maitreya Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...	Castellane Castellane Castellane is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*... , Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.- History :Nord-de-Provence was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...	Early Modern France	22 m (72 ft)		1981
Changhua Great Buddha	Buddha	Changhua City Changhua City Changhua City is the county seat of Changhua County in Taiwan. For many centuries the site was home to a settlement of Babuza people, a coastal tribe of Taiwanese aborigines. The name of the city is derived from the aboriginal word Poasoa .Changhua is best known for its landmark statue of the Buddha...	Republic of China	22 m (72 ft)	Is on top of Bagua Mountain, contains a Buddhist museum inside of the Buddha.		24.0785361111°N 120.54922629°E
Cristo del Pacífico Cristo del Pacífico Cristo del Pacífico, "the Christ of the Pacific", is a 37 metre high statue of Jesus erected in Lima, Peru, in 2011. Its erection was ordered by Alan García, the president of Peru, and described as a parting gift to the nation on occasion of his leaving office after the 2011 presidential election...	Jesus	Lima Lima Lima is the capital and the largest city of Peru. It is located in the valleys of the Chillón, Rímac and Lurín rivers, in the central part of the country, on a desert coast overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Together with the seaport of Callao, it forms a contiguous urban area known as the Lima... , Lima Province Lima Province Lima Province is located in the central coast of Peru and is the only province in the country not belonging to any of the twenty-five regions. Its capital is Lima, which is also the nation's capital....	Peru	22 m		2011
Cristo de las Noas Cristo de las Noas El Cristo de las Noas, located on the Cerro de las Noas hill, in the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila, is a large sculpture by Vladimir Alvarado, portraying Jesus Christ...	Jesus	Torreón Torreón Torreón is a city and seat of the surrounding municipality of the same name in the Mexican state of Coahuila. As of 2010, the city's population was 608,836 with 639,629 in the municipality. The metropolitan population, including Matamoros, Coahuila, and Gómez Palacio and Lerdo in adjacent Durango,... , Coahuila Coahuila Coahuila, formally Coahuila de Zaragoza , officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Coahuila de Zaragoza is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico...	Mexico	21.8 m (71.5 ft)
Dainichi Nyorai of the Seiryū-ji Seiryu-ji is a Kōyasan Betsuin located in Aomori, Aomori Prefecture. The temple was founded by a Great Acharya , who later built in 1984. Roughly 21.35 meters in height, it is the tallest seated bronze figure of Buddha in Japan.-External links:...  Temple	Buddha - Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana is a celestial Buddha who is often interpreted as the Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha; he can also be referred to as the dharmakaya Buddha and the great solar Buddha. In Sino-Japanese Buddhism, Vairocana is also seen as the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of shunyata or...	Aomori Aomori, Aomori is the capital city of Aomori Prefecture, in the northern Tōhoku region of Japan. As of 2009, the city had an estimated population of 302,068 and a density of 366 persons per km². Its total area was 824.52 km².- History :...  city, Aomori prefecture Aomori Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located in the Tōhoku Region. The capital is the city of Aomori.- History :Until the Meiji Restoration, the area of Aomori prefecture was known as Mutsu Province....	Japan	21.3 m (70 ft)		1984
Buddha of the Longxing Monastery Longxing Monastery The Longxing Monastery or Longxing Temple is an ancient Buddhist monastery located near the town of Zhengding in Hebei Province, China, approximately 15 kilometers north of the provincial capital of Shijiazhuang. It has been referred to as the "First Temple south of Beijing".-History:The monastery...	Buddha	near Zhengding Zhengding Zhengding is a county in Hebei Province approximately 260 kilometers south of Beijing, China. It comes under the administration of nearby Shijiazhuang City and has a population of 594,000. Zhengding has been an important religious center for more than 1,000 years, from - at least - the times... , Hebei Hebei ' is a province of the People's Republic of China in the North China region. Its one-character abbreviation is "" , named after Ji Province, a Han Dynasty province that included what is now southern Hebei...  province	Mainland China	21.3 (70 ft)
Cosmic Christ	Jesus	Castellane Castellane Castellane is a commune in the Alpes-de-Haute-Provence department in southeastern France.-Population:-References:*... , Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.- History :Nord-de-Provence was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...	Early Modern France	21 m (69 ft)		1987
Cristo de El Cubilete Cerro del Cubilete The Cerro del Cubilete is a 2,700m tall mountain-hill in Silao Municipality in the state of Guanajuato, Mexico.-Cristo Rey:Atop the hill is a temple to Cristo el Rey , and a 23m tall statue of Christ...  (Christ King of the Mountain of El Cubilete)	Jesus	Silao Silao Silao is a city in the west-central part of the state of Guanajuato in Mexico. It is the seat of the municipio with the same name. As of the 2005 census, the city had a population of 147,123, making it the seventh-largest community in the state... , Guanajuato Guanajuato Guanajuato officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Guanajuato is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided in 46 municipalities and its capital city is Guanajuato....	Mexico	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
Tribute to Courage	Sam Houston Sam Houston Samuel Houston, known as Sam Houston , was a 19th-century American statesman, politician, and soldier. He was born in Timber Ridge in the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia, of Scots-Irish descent. Houston became a key figure in the history of Texas and was elected as the first and third President of...	Huntsville, Texas Huntsville, Texas Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. The population was 35,508 at the 2010 census. It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area....	United States	20.5 m (67 ft)	with a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal	1994	30°39′40"N 95°30′39"W
Dallas Zoo Dallas Zoo Dallas Zoo is a zoo located south of downtown Dallas, Texas in Marsalis Park. Established in 1888, it is the oldest and largest zoological park in Texas and is managed by the non-profit Dallas Zoological Society. The zoo is home to 1,800 animals representing 406 species... 's giraffe statue	Giraffe Giraffe The giraffe is an African even-toed ungulate mammal, the tallest of all extant land-living animal species, and the largest ruminant...	Dallas, Texas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States...	United States	20.5 m (67 ft)		1997	32°44′38"N 96°48′52"W
Great Sphinx of Giza Great Sphinx of Giza The Great Sphinx of Giza , commonly referred to as the Sphinx, is a limestone statue of a reclining or couchant sphinx that stands on the Giza Plateau on the west bank of the Nile in Giza, Egypt....	Sphinx Sphinx A sphinx is a mythical creature with a lion's body and a human head or a cat head.The sphinx, in Greek tradition, has the haunches of a lion, the wings of a great bird, and the face of a woman. She is mythicised as treacherous and merciless...	Giza, near Cairo Cairo Cairo , is the capital of Egypt and the largest city in the Arab world and Africa, and the 16th largest metropolitan area in the world. Nicknamed "The City of a Thousand Minarets" for its preponderance of Islamic architecture, Cairo has long been a centre of the region's political and cultural life...	Egypt	20.22 m (66 ft)		2532 BC approx.	29°58′31"N 31°08′16"E
Confucius of Zichuan	Confucius Confucius Confucius , literally "Master Kong", was a Chinese thinker and social philosopher of the Spring and Autumn Period....	Zichuan, Zibo Zibo Zibo is a prefecture-level city in central Shandong province, People's Republic of China. It borders the provincial capital of Jinan to the west, Laiwu and Tai'an to the southwest, Linyi to the south, Weifang to the east, Dongying to the northeast, and Binzhou the north.Located in the middle part...  City, Shandong Shandong ' is a Province located on the eastern coast of the People's Republic of China. Shandong has played a major role in Chinese history from the beginning of Chinese civilization along the lower reaches of the Yellow River and served as a pivotal cultural and religious site for Taoism, Chinese...  province	Mainland China	20.09 m	A bronze statue.	2010

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Statue	Depicts	Location	Country	Height	Notes	Completed	Coordinates	Photo
Statue of Mao in the Chongqing Medical University	Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...	Chongqing Chongqing Chongqing is a major city in Southwest China and one of the five national central cities of China. Administratively, it is one of the PRC's four direct-controlled municipalities , and the only such municipality in inland China.The municipality was created on 14 March 1997, succeeding the...	Mainland China	20 m	Stands over a 17.5 m pedestal. 37.4 m (122.8 ft) total monument height	2008
Kartlis Deda Kartlis Deda Kartlis Deda is a monumental statue in Georgia’s capital Tbilisi which has become one of the symbols of the city.It was erected on the top of the Sololaki hill in 1958 when Tbilisi celebrated its 1500-year anniversary. The author of this twenty meter high aluminum figure of a woman in Georgian...  (Mother Georgia)	Mother Georgia	Tbilisi Tbilisi Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...	Georgia (country)	20 m (65.5 ft)		1958	41°41′17"N 44°48′17"E
Guan Yin of the South Sea	Guanyin	Putuo Shan island, Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010...	Mainland China	20 m (65.5 ft)	upon a 13 m pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height		29°58′35.03"N 122°23′22.13"E
Christ Statue	Jesus	El Picacho city park; Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa Tegucigalpa , and commonly referred as Tegus , is the capital of Honduras and seat of government of the Republic, along with its twin sister Comayagüela. Founded on September 29, 1578 by the Spanish, it became the country's capital on October 30, 1880 under President Marco Aurelio Soto...	Honduras	20 m (65.5 ft)	over a 12 m pedestal	1987
Kun Iam statue	Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism....		Macau	20 m (65.5 ft)	with a 7 m pedestal, 27 m (88 ft) final height	2002	22.185686°N 113.551880°E
Mevlana Statue	Rumi	Izmir, Turkey	Turkey	20 m (65.5 ft)	With its fundament 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
Christ of Havana Christ of Havana The Christ of Havana is a large sculpture representing Jesus of Nazareth on a hilltop overlooking the bay in Havana, Cuba. It is the work of the Cuban sculptor Jilma Madera ....	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 New Delhi New Delhi is the capital city of India. It serves as the centre of the Government of India and the Government of the National Capital Territory of Delhi. New Delhi is situated within the metropolis of Delhi. It is one of the nine districts of Delhi Union Territory. The total area of the city is...	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	New Delhi	India	20 m (65.5 ft)			28.64496°N 77.197924°E
Angel of the North Angel of the North The Angel of the North is a contemporary sculpture, designed by Antony Gormley, which is located in Gateshead,formerly County Durham, England.It is a steel sculpture of an angel, standing tall, with wings measuring across...	Angel Angel Angels are mythical beings often depicted as messengers of God in the Hebrew and Christian Bibles along with the Quran. The English word angel is derived from the Greek ἄγγελος, a translation of in the Hebrew Bible ; a similar term, ملائكة , is used in the Qur'an...	Gateshead Gateshead Gateshead is a town in Tyne and Wear, England and is the main settlement in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead. Historically a part of County Durham, it lies on the southern bank of the River Tyne opposite Newcastle upon Tyne and together they form the urban core of Tyneside... , England	United Kingdom	20 m (65.5 ft)	Work of Antony Gormley Antony Gormley Antony Mark David Gormley OBE RA is a British sculptor. His best known works include the Angel of the North, a public sculpture in the North of England, commissioned in 1995 and erected in February 1998, Another Place on Crosby Beach near Liverpool, and Event Horizon, a multi-part site...	1998	54°54′51"N 1°35′22"W
Dream Dream (sculpture) Dream is a sculpture and a piece of public art by Jaume Plensa in Sutton, St Helens, Merseyside. Costing approximately £1.8m the funds were secured through The Big Art Project in coordination with the Arts Council England, The Art Fund and Channel 4.... , by Jaume Plensa Jaume Plensa Jaime Plensa is an Spanish artist and sculptor.-Biography:Plensa was born at Barcelona. Plensa studied art in his home city, in the "Llotja" School and in the Escuela Superior de Bellas Artes de San Jorge....	Girl’s head with eyes closed	St Helens, Merseyside St Helens, Merseyside St Helens is a large town in Merseyside, England. It is the largest settlement and administrative centre of the Metropolitan Borough of St Helens with a population of just over 100,000, part of an urban area with a total population of 176,843 at the time of the 2001 Census... , England	United Kingdom	20 m (65.5 ft)		2009
Immortal Statue of Kim Il Sung	Kim Il Sung	Pyongyang Pyongyang Pyongyang is the capital of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, commonly known as North Korea, and the largest city in the country. Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River and, according to preliminary results from the 2008 population census, has a population of 3,255,388. The city was...	North Korea	20 m (65.5 ft)		1972	39°1′55.26"N 125°45′10.89"E
Cristo de Las Mesas	Jesus	San Ignacio, Sinaloa San Ignacio, Sinaloa San Ignacio is a city and seat of the surrounding San Ignacio Municipality in the Mexican state of Sinaloa. It stands at.In this town actress Ofelia Cano was born.The municipality reported 26,762 inhabitants in the 2000 census....	Mexico	20 m (65.5 ft)		2005	23.941845°N 106.42603°W
Goddess A-Ma	Mazu	Coloane Coloane Coloane is one of the two main islands of the Macau Special Administrative Region, located directly south of Macau's other main island, Taipa , and east of Hengqin Island of Zhuhai in Guangdong province....	Macau	20 m (65.5 ft)		1998	22.123810°N 113.564240°E
Christ of the Ozarks Christ of the Ozarks Christ of the Ozarks statue is a monumental sculpture of Jesus located near Eureka Springs, Arkansas, atop Magnetic Mountain. It was erected in 1966 as a "Sacred Project" by Gerald L. K. Smith. He briefly led the Share Our Wealth movement initiated by Huey P. Long during the Great...	Jesus	Eureka Springs, Arkansas Eureka Springs, Arkansas Eureka Springs is a city in Carroll County, Arkansas, United States. Along with Berryville, it is one of the two county seats for the county. It is located in the Ozark Mountains of northwest Arkansas. According to 2006 Census Bureau estimates, the population of the town is 2,350...	United States	20 m (65.5 ft)		1966	36°24′24.87"N 93°43′23.41"W
Shiva at Kemp Fort	Shiva Shiva Shiva is a major Hindu deity, and is the destroyer god or transformer among the Trimurti, the Hindu Trinity of the primary aspects of the divine. God Shiva is a yogi who has notice of everything that happens in the world and is the main aspect of life. Yet one with great power lives a life of a...	Bangalore Bangalore Bengaluru , formerly called Bengaluru is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and...	India	20 m (65.5 ft)
Lapu-Lapu shrine	Lapu-Lapu Lapu-Lapu Lapu-Lapu was the ruler of Mactan, an island in the Visayas, Philippines, who is known as the first native of the archipelago to have resisted the Spanish colonization...	Mactan Island Mactan Island Mactan is an island located a few kilometres from Cebu Island in the Philippines. The island is part of Cebu Province and it is divided into Lapu-Lapu City and the municipality of Cordova... , Cebu Cebu Cebu is a province in the Philippines, consisting of Cebu Island and 167 surrounding islands. It is located to the east of Negros, to the west of Leyte and Bohol islands...	Philippines	20 m (65.5 ft)
The Sanjuanote John the Baptist Monument The John the Baptist Monument is a 19.8-meter concrete statue in downtown San Juan de los Morros, Guárico state, Venezuela, erected in honor of John the Baptist. Commonly called San Juanote, it's one of the highest statues in Venezuela...	John the Baptist John the Baptist John the Baptist was an itinerant preacher and a major religious figure mentioned in the Canonical gospels. He is described in the Gospel of Luke as a relative of Jesus, who led a movement of baptism at the Jordan River...	San Juan de los Morros San Juan de los Morros San Juan de los Morros is the capital of the Guarico state and capital of the Juan Germán Roscio municipality, and is a town located in central Venezuela.- Overview :...	Venezuela	19.8 m (62.3 ft)		1935	9°54′45"N 67°21′18"W
Wat Phanan Choeng Buddha	Buddha - Sakayamuni Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Ayutthaya Ayutthaya (city) Ayutthaya city is the capital of Ayutthaya province in Thailand. Located in the valley of the Chao Phraya River. The city was founded in 1350 by King U Thong, who went there to escape a smallpox outbreak in Lop Buri and proclaimed it the capital of his kingdom, often referred to as the Ayutthaya...	Thailand	19 m		1334
The Great Buddha of Shurakuen	Buddha Buddha In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...	Shurakuen	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
Bavaria Bavaria statue Bavaria is the name given to a monumental, bronze sand-cast 19th-century statue in Munich, southern Germany. It is a female personification of the Bavarian homeland, and by extension its strength and glory....	Patron saint of the Bavarian homeland Patron saint A patron saint is a saint who is regarded as the intercessor and advocate in heaven of a nation, place, craft, activity, class, clan, family, or person...	Theresienwiese Theresienwiese Theresienwiese is an open space in the Munich borough of Ludwigsvorstadt-Isarvorstadt. It serves as the official ground of the Munich Oktoberfest. A space of , it is bordered in the west by the Bavaria statue, symbolizing the State of Bavaria, and in the east by Esperantoplatz, a square named for... , Munich Munich Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...	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
Faro della Vittoria (Victory Lighthouse)	Winged Victory Nike (mythology) In Greek mythology, Nike was a goddess who personified victory, also known as the Winged Goddess of Victory. The Roman equivalent was Victoria. Depending upon the time of various myths, she was described as the daughter of Pallas and Styx and the sister of Kratos , Bia , and Zelus...	Parco della Rimembranza (Remembrance Park of World War I), Turin Turin Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...	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
Mount Rushmore Monument Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States...	George Washington George Washington George Washington was the dominant military and political leader of the new United States of America from 1775 to 1799. He led the American victory over Great Britain in the American Revolutionary War as commander-in-chief of the Continental Army from 1775 to 1783, and presided over the writing of... , Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia... , Theodore Roosevelt Theodore Roosevelt Theodore "Teddy" Roosevelt was the 26th President of the United States . He is noted for his exuberant personality, range of interests and achievements, and his leadership of the Progressive Movement, as well as his "cowboy" persona and robust masculinity... , and Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...	Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States... , South Dakota South Dakota South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...		18.3 m (60 ft)	The height is of each one's head.	1941	43°52′44.21"N 103°27′35.37"W
Praying Hands	Praying Hands	Tulsa, Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state...	United States	18.2 m (60 ft)	Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University Oral Roberts University , based in Tulsa, Oklahoma, in the United States, is an interdenominational, Charismatic Christian, comprehensive university with an enrollment of about 3,790 students from 49 U.S. states along with a significant number of international students from 70 countries...	1980
Buddha Buddha In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...	Buddha Buddha In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...	Lake Hussain Sagar Hussain Sagar Hussain Sagar is a lake in Hyderabad, India, built by Hazrat Hussain Shah Wali in 1562, during the rule of Ibrahim Quli Qutb Shah. It was a lake of 24 square kilometres built on a tributary of the River Musi to meet the water and irrigation needs of the city. There is a large monolithic statue of... , Hyderabad	India	18 m (59 ft)	Found on Lake Hussain Sagar in the city of Hyderabad	1972	17.4155°N 78.475°E
Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Hanuman Hanuman Hanuman , is a Hindu deity, who is an ardent devotee of Rama, a central character in the Indian epic Ramayana and one of the dearest devotees of lord Rama. A general among the vanaras, an ape-like race of forest-dwellers, Hanuman is an incarnation of the divine and a disciple of Lord Rama in the...	Puttaparthi Puttaparthi Puttaparthi is a town situated in the Anantapur district of Andhra Pradesh, India. It was also the residence of the notable spiritual teacher Sathya Sai Baba.... , Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India	18 m (59 ft)	Found on top of the Vidya Giri Hill overlooking the Sri Sathya Sai International Hillview Stadium.	1985
Gomateswara	Bahubali Bahubali According to Jainism, Bahubali, called Gomateshwara , was the second of the hundred sons of the first Tirthankara, Rishabha, and king of Podanpur. The Adipurana, a 10th century Kannada text by Jain poet Adikavi Pampa According to Jainism, Bahubali, called Gomateshwara , was the second of the...	Sravanabelagola, Karnataka Karnataka Karnataka , the land of the Kannadigas, is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act and this day is annually celebrated as Karnataka Rajyotsava...	India	18 m (59 ft)	It's the tallest free–standing monolithic statue in the world.	983
Monument of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá	Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Maracaibo Maracaibo Maracaibo is a city and municipality located in northwestern Venezuela off the western coast of the Lake Maracaibo. It is the second-largest city in the country after the national capital Caracas and the capital of Zulia state...	Venezuela	18 m (59 ft)		2004	10°38′33"N 71°36′43"W
Vulcan statue Vulcan statue The Vulcan statue is the largest cast iron statue in the world, and is the city symbol of Birmingham, Alabama, reflecting its roots in the iron and steel industry. The tall statue depicts the Roman god Vulcan, god of the fire and forge. It was created as Birmingham's entry for the Louisiana...	Vulcan (mythology) Vulcan (mythology) Vulcan , aka Mulciber, is the god of beneficial and hindering fire, including the fire of volcanoes in ancient Roman religion and Roman Neopaganism. Vulcan is usually depicted with a thunderbolt. He is known as Sethlans in Etruscan mythology...	Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham, Alabama Birmingham is the largest city in Alabama. The city is the county seat of Jefferson County. According to the 2010 United States Census, Birmingham had a population of 212,237. The Birmingham-Hoover Metropolitan Area, in estimate by the U.S...	United States	17.1 m (56 ft)	On Red Mountain, source of Birmingham's iron ore. World's largest cast iron Cast iron Cast iron is derived from pig iron, and while it usually refers to gray iron, it also identifies a large group of ferrous alloys which solidify with a eutectic. The color of a fractured surface can be used to identify an alloy. White cast iron is named after its white surface when fractured, due...  statue.	1904	33°29′30.18"N 86°47′43.86"W
Jolly Green Giant	Jolly Green Giant	Blue Earth Blue Earth, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 3,621 people, 1,535 households, and 925 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,137.0 people per square mile . There were 1,666 housing units at an average density of 523.1 per square mile... , Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...	United States	16.764 m (55 ft)		1979	43°39′02"N 94°5′46"W

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Statue	Depicts	Location	Country	Height	Notes	Completed	Coordinates	Photo
Monument of the Holy Mother of God Monument of the Holy Mother of God (Haskovo) The Monument of the Holy Mother of God is a monument in Haskovo, a city in southeastern Bulgaria. The monument is dedicated to Mary, the mother of Jesus and was unveiled in 2003...	Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Haskovo Haskovo Haskovo , is a city, an administrative centre of the homonymous Haskovo Province in southern Bulgaria, not far from the borders with Greece and Turkey. As of February 2011, it has a population of 74,843 inhabitants.... , Haskovo Province Haskovo Province Haskovo Province is a province in southern Bulgaria, neighbouring Greece and Turkey to the southeast, comprising parts of the Thracian valley along the river Maritsa. It is named after its administrative and industrial centre - the city of Haskovo...	Kingdom of Bulgaria	16 m (52.48 ft)	Stands on a 17 m tall pedestal. 33 m (108.24 ft) total height.	2003	41°55′42.33"N 25°33′16.02"E
Phutthamonthon Phutthamonthon Phutthamonthon is a Buddhist park in the Phutthamonthon district, Nakhon Pathom Province of Thailand, west of Bangkok. It is highlighted by a 15.87 m high Buddha statue, which is considered to be the highest free-standing Buddha statue of the world.The park was created in 1957 on the basis...  Buddha	Buddha - Sakayamuni Gautama Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama was a spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. In most Buddhist traditions, he is regarded as the Supreme Buddha Siddhārtha Gautama (Sanskrit: सिद्धार्थ गौतम; Pali: Siddhattha Gotama) was a spiritual teacher from the Indian...	Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom Province Nakhon Pathom Province Nakhon Pathom ) is one of the central provinces of Thailand. Neighboring provinces are Suphan Buri, Ayutthaya, Nonthaburi, Bangkok, Samut Sakhon, Ratchaburi and Kanchanaburi...	Thailand	15.875 m		1981
Buddha of Linh Son Temple	Buddha	Santa Fe, Texas Santa Fe, Texas Santa Fe is a city in Galveston County, Texas, United States. The town is named for the Santa Fe Railroad which runs through the town alongside State Highway 6.-History:...	United States	15.24 m	?	?
Kamay ni Hesus	Jesus Christ	Lucban Lucban, Quezon The Municipality of Lucban is a 2nd class municipality in the province of Quezon, Philippines. According to the 2007 census, it has a population of 45,616 people. It rests at the foot of the prestigious Mt... , Quezon Quezon -History:Originally, what now forms Quezon was divided among the provinces of Batangas, Laguna, and Nueva Ecija. The area was first explored by Juan de Salcedo in 1571-1572, during his expedition from Laguna to Camarines provinces....	Philippines	15.24 m (50 ft)
Divine Mercy Divine Mercy The Divine Mercy is a Roman Catholic devotion to the merciful love of God and the desire to let that love and mercy flow through one's own heart towards those in need of it...  Shrine	Christ the Divine Mercy	El Salvador El Salvador, Misamis Oriental El Salvador is a city in the province of Misamis Oriental on the Mindanao island, southern part of the Philippines. According to the 2007 Philippine census, it has a population of about 41,905 people and records 7,290 households in the 2000 Philippine census... , Misamis Oriental Misamis Oriental Misamis Oriental is a province of the Philippines located in the Northern Mindanao region. Its capital and provincial center is Cagayan de Oro City...	Philippines	15.24 m (50 ft)		2008?
Birushana Nyorai Buddha of Tōdai-ji Todai-ji , is a Buddhist temple complex located in the city of Nara, Japan. Its Great Buddha Hall , the largest wooden building in the world, houses the world's largest bronze statue of the Buddha Vairocana, known in Japanese simply as Daibutsu . The temple also serves as the Japanese headquarters of the ...	Buddha - Vairocana Vairocana Vairocana is a celestial Buddha who is often interpreted as the Bliss Body of the historical Gautama Buddha; he can also be referred to as the dharmakaya Buddha and the great solar Buddha. In Sino-Japanese Buddhism, Vairocana is also seen as the embodiment of the Buddhist concept of shunyata or...	Nara Nara, Nara is the capital city of Nara Prefecture in the Kansai region of Japan. The city occupies the northern part of Nara Prefecture, directly bordering Kyoto Prefecture...  city	Japan	15 m	The body of the statue was reconstructed in 1185, and the head rebuilt in 1692	752
Lenin statue	Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Lenin Vladimir Ilyich Lenin was a Russian Marxist revolutionary and communist politician who led the October Revolution of 1917. As leader of the Bolsheviks, he headed the Soviet state during its initial years , as it fought to establish control of Russia in the Russian Civil War and worked to create a...	Dubna Dubna Dubna is a town in Moscow Oblast, Russia. It has a status of naukograd , being home to the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, an international nuclear physics research centre and one of the largest scientific foundations in the country. It is also home to MKB Raduga, a defence aerospace company...	Russia	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
Trees of Mystery Paul Bunyan	Paul Bunyan	Klamath, California Klamath, California Klamath is an unincorporated, rural, census-designated place in Del Norte County, California, situated on US Route 101 inland from the mouth of the Klamath River. The population was 779 at the 2010 census, up from 651 at the 2000 census...	United States	14.9 m (49.2 ft)		1961	41°35′01"N 124°05′10"W
San Cristobal Hill Virgin	Mary Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Santiago	Chile	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
Great Matzu in Fujian	Mazu	Meizhou Island Meizhou Island Meizhou Island is a small island close to the shores of Putian, Fujian Province, People's Republic of China. It is known for being the birthplace of the goddess Matsu... , Fujian Fujian ' , formerly romanised as Fukien or Huguing or Foukien, is a province on the southeast coast of mainland China. Fujian is bordered by Zhejiang to the north, Jiangxi to the west, and Guangdong to the south. Taiwan lies to the east, across the Taiwan Strait...	Mainland China	14 m (46 ft)			25.089486°N 119.14175°E
Liberty Statue Liberty Statue (Budapest) The Szabadság Szobor or Liberty Statue in Budapest, Hungary, was first erected in 1947 in remembrance of the Soviet liberation of Hungary from Nazi forces during World War II. Its location upon Gellért Hill makes it a prominent feature of Budapest's cityscape.The 14 metre tall bronze statue...  in Budapest	Lady Liberty Liberty (goddess) Goddesses named for and representing the concept Liberty have existed in many cultures, including classical examples dating from the Roman Empire and some national symbols such as the British "Britannia" or the Irish "Kathleen Ni Houlihan"....	Gellért Hill Gellért Hill Gellért Hill is a high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is part of the 1st and 11th Districts. Gellért Hill was named after Saint Gerard who was thrown to death from the hill. The famous Hotel Gellért and the Gellért Baths can be found in Gellért Square at the foot of the... , Budapest Budapest Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...	Hungary	14 m (46 ft)	Stands on a 26 m (85 ft) pedestal, total height 40 m (131 ft).	1947	47.486389°N 19.048056°E
Gifu Great Buddha Gifu Great Buddha The is a large Buddhist statue located in Shōhō-ji in Gifu City, Gifu Prefecture, Japan. It was conceived by the 11th head priest of Kinpouzan Shōhō temple, Ichyuu, around 1790, in hopes of averting large earthquakes and famines. Ichyuu died in 1815 before it was completed, but his successor,...	Buddha	Gifu Gifu, Gifu is a city located in the south-central portion of Gifu Prefecture, Japan, and serves as the prefectural capital. The city has played an important role in Japan's history because of its location in the middle of the country. During the Sengoku period, various warlords, including Oda Nobunaga, used...	Japan	13.7 m (44.9 ft)		1832
Kamakura Daibutsu Kotoku-in is a Buddhist temple of the Jōdo-shū sect in the city of Kamakura in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan.The temple is renowned for its , a monumental outdoor bronze statue of Amida Buddha which is one of the most famous icons of Japan.- The Great Buddha :...	Buddha - Amitabha Amitabha Amitābha is a celestial buddha described in the scriptures of the Mahāyāna school of Buddhism...	Kamakura, Kanagawa Kamakura, Kanagawa is a city located in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, about south-south-west of Tokyo. It used to be also called .Although Kamakura proper is today rather small, it is often described in history books as a former de facto capital of Japan as the seat of the Shogunate and of the Regency during the...	Japan	13.5 m	Second largest bronze Buddha statue in Japan	1252	35°19′0.59"N 139°32′8.48"E
Athena Parthenos	Athena Athena In Greek mythology, Athena, Athenê, or Athene , also referred to as Pallas Athena/Athene , is the goddess of wisdom, courage, inspiration, civilization, warfare, strength, strategy, the arts, crafts, justice, and skill. Minerva, Athena's Roman incarnation, embodies similar attributes. Athena is...	Nashville, Tennessee Nashville, Tennessee Nashville is the capital of the U.S. state of Tennessee and the county seat of Davidson County. It is located on the Cumberland River in Davidson County, in the north-central part of the state. The city is a center for the health care, publishing, banking and transportation industries, and is home...	United States	12.75 m (40.83 ft)	Created by sculptor Alan LeQuire Alan LeQuire Alan LeQuire is an American sculptor from Nashville, Tennessee. Many of his sculptures are installed in the city.LeQuire's father, Virgil, was a physician and researcher on the faculty of Vanderbilt University School of Medicine. His mother, Louise, was a painter, art teacher, and writer. The... . Housed in Nashville's full-scale replica of the Parthenon Parthenon (Nashville) The Parthenon in Nashville, Tennessee is a full-scale replica of the original Parthenon in Athens. It was built in 1897 as part of the Tennessee Centennial Exposition.-Early history:... . The largest indoor sculpture in the Western world.	unveiled in 1990, gilded in 2002	36°08′59"N 86°48′49"W
Statue of Mao in Chengdu Mao Zedong Statue (Chengdu) The Mao Zedong Statue is located in front of the royal palace in Tianfu Square, Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The monument stands 30 m tall and depicts Mao Zedong with an outstretched arm....	Mao Zedong Mao Zedong Mao Zedong, also transliterated as Mao Tse-tung , and commonly referred to as Chairman Mao , was a Chinese Communist revolutionary, guerrilla warfare strategist, Marxist political philosopher, and leader of the Chinese Revolution...	Chengdu Chengdu Chengdu , formerly transliterated Chengtu, is the capital of Sichuan province in Southwest China. It holds sub-provincial administrative status... , China China Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...	Mainland 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
Borba Gato Statue	Manuel de Borba Gato Bandeirantes The bandeirantes were composed of Indians , caboclos , and some whites who were the captains of the Bandeiras. Members of the 16th–18th century South American slave-hunting expeditions called bandeiras...	São Paulo São Paulo São Paulo is the largest city in Brazil, the largest city in the southern hemisphere and South America, and the world's seventh largest city by population. The metropolis is anchor to the São Paulo metropolitan area, ranked as the second-most populous metropolitan area in the Americas and among...	Brazil	12.3 m (40 ft)		1963
Warrior on a Horse statue	Unknown warrior. Many people regard it as Alexander the Great.	Skopje Skopje Skopje is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Macedonia with about a third of the total population. It is the country's political, cultural, economic, and academic centre...	Republic of Macedonia	12 m (40 ft)	Stands on top of a 10 m base. 22 m total monument height	2011	41.594604°N 21.431698°E
Our Lady of Peace Shrine	Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary (mother of Jesus) Mary , commonly referred to as "Saint Mary", "Mother Mary", the "Virgin Mary", the "Blessed Virgin Mary", or "Mary, Mother of God", was a Jewish woman of Nazareth in Galilee...	Pine Bluffs, Wyoming Pine Bluffs, Wyoming -Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 1,153 people, 482 households, and 332 families residing in the town. The population density was 357.4 people per square mile . There were 517 housing units at an average density of 160.3 per square mile...	United States	12 m (40 ft)	Stands on a base of 3 m (10 ft)	1998	41°10′56"N 104°3′13"W
Burning Man Burning Man Burning Man is a week-long annual event held in the Black Rock Desert in northern Nevada, in the United States. The event starts on the Monday before the American Labor Day holiday, and ends on the holiday itself. It takes its name from the ritual burning of a large wooden effigy on Saturday evening...	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
Willow Man Willow Man Willow Man is a large outdoor sculpture by Serena de la Hey, situated in a field by junction 23 of the M5 motorway near Bridgwater in Somerset, South West England...		Bridgwater Bridgwater Bridgwater is a market town and civil parish in Somerset, England. It is the administrative centre of the Sedgemoor district, and a major industrial centre. Bridgwater is located on the major communication routes through South West England... , Somerset Somerset The ceremonial and non-metropolitan county of Somerset in South West England borders Bristol and Gloucestershire to the north, Wiltshire to the east, Dorset to the south-east, and Devon to the south-west. It is partly bounded to the north and west by the Bristol Channel and the estuary of the...	United Kingdom	12 m
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 Jakarta Jakarta is the capital and largest city of Indonesia. Officially known as the Special Capital Territory of Jakarta, it is located on the northwest coast of Java, has an area of , and a population of 9,580,000. Jakarta is the country's economic, cultural and political centre...	Indonesia	11 m	Standing 27 meters tall pedestal. Total height 38 m	1965
Victory on Slavín Slavín Slavín in Bratislava, Slovakia , is a memorial monument and cemetery for Soviet Army soldiers who fell during World War II while liberating the city of Bratislava in April 1945 from the occupying German Wehrmacht units and the remaining Slovak troops who supported the Tiso government...		Bratislava, Bratislava District	Slovakia	11 m		1960	48°09′14"N 17°05′59"E
Iron Man Iron Man (statue) The Iron Man statue is located at the entrance to the Ironworld Discovery Center 1.28 kilometers outside in Chisholm, Minnesota. It is including the , and was completed in 1987 out of iron ore. It is accompanied by a plaque with the The Emergence of Man Through Steel poem and is said to be the...	Iron Miner	Chisholm, Minnesota Chisholm, Minnesota As of the census of 2000, there were 4,960 people, 2,178 households, and 1,287 families residing in the city. The population density was 1,129 people per square mile . There were 2,375 housing units at an average density of 540/sq mi...	United States	10.9 m (36 ft)	Stands on a base that raises the statue up to 26 m (85 ft) see article	1987	47.28876°N 92.53762°W
Mazinger Z Mazinger Z , known briefly as Tranzor Z in United States, is a Super Robot manga and anime series created by Go Nagai. The first manga version was serialized in Shueisha Weekly Shōnen Jump from October 1972 to August 1973, and it later continued in Kodansha TV Magazine from October 1973 to September 1974. In...	Mazinger Z	El Pla de Santa Maria El Pla de Santa Maria El Pla de Santa Maria is a municipality in the comarca of the Alt Camp in Catalonia, Spain. It is situated at the foot of the Miramar range. The municipality is served the A-2 autopista and is linked to Valls by the T-200 road.-Sources:... , Tarragona	Spain	10 m (33 ft)		1976	41°22′58"N 1°19′44"E
Christ the Redeemer	Christ the Redeemer	Klin, Námestovo District	Slovakia	9.5 m		2008	49°27′12"N 19°28′59"E
Statue of Mary	Mary	Rome, Region of Lazio	Italy	9.5 m (30 ft)		2010
Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial	Martin Luther King Jr.	Washington, District of Columbia	United States	9.5 m (30 ft)		2011
Kuan Yin statue	Kuan Yin	Seremban, Negeri Sembilan	Malaysia	9.1 m		2011
Muse of Missouri		Kansas City, Missouri	United States	9.1 m		1961	39°06′14"N 94°34′59"W
Jan Žižka Statue	Jan Žižka on horse	Praha, Praha District		9 m		1950	50°05′18"N 14°26′56"E
Fisher Girl Statue		near Zhuhai Zhuhai Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones... , Province of Guangdong Guangdong Guangdong is a province on the South China Sea coast of the People's Republic of China. The province was previously often written with the alternative English name Kwangtung Province...	Mainland China	8.7 m (28.5 ft)
El Cristo Redentor Christ the Redeemer of the Andes Christ the Redeemer of the Andes is a monument high in the Andes at 3,832 metres above mean sea level on the border between Argentina and Chile...	Christ the Redeemer Christ the Redeemer Christ the Redeemer or Cristo Redentor may refer to:* Sculpture:** Christ the Redeemer , Rio de Janeiro, Brazil** Christ the Redeemer of the Andes, on Argentine-Chilean border** Cristo della Minerva by Michelangelo, in Rome...	La Cumbre Pass	Argentina/ Chile	8 m (26.3 ft)		1904
Map the Miner Map the Miner Map the Miner, also known as "Map Kernow" or the "Son of Cornwall", is a statue commemorating the Cornish mining history of the town of Kapunda in South Australia. Built by Ben van Zetten, the statue stands to at the southern entrance to the town, and is regarded as one of Australia's Big Things...		Kapunda, South Australia South Australia South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...	Australia	7 m (23 ft)		2007
Standing Buddha in Gal Vihara	Buddha Buddha In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...	Polonnaruwa Polonnaruwa The second most ancient of Sri Lanka's kingdoms, was first declared the capital city by King Vijayabahu I, who defeated the Chola invaders in 1070 AD to reunite the country once more under a local leader.-History:While Vijayabahu's victory and shifting of Kingdoms to the more strategic Polonnaruwa... , North Central Province	Sri Lanka	7 m (23 ft)
Statue of Avalokitesvara in Xiangguo Temple	Avalokitesvara Avalokitesvara Avalokiteśvara is a bodhisattva who embodies the compassion of all Buddhas. He is one of the more widely revered bodhisattvas in mainstream Mahayana Buddhism....	Kaifeng Kaifeng Kaifeng , known previously by several names , is a prefecture-level city in east-central Henan province, Central China. Nearly 5 million people live in the metropolitan area... , Province of Henan Henan Henan , is a province of the People's Republic of China, located in the central part of the country. Its one-character abbreviation is "豫" , named after Yuzhou , a Han Dynasty state that included parts of Henan...	Mainland China	7 m (23 ft)
Statue of Shirdi Sai in Nemli	Shirdi Sai	Nemli, Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh Andhra Pradesh , is one of the 28 states of India, situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city by population is Hyderabad.The total GDP of Andhra Pradesh is $100 billion and is ranked third...	India	7 m (23 ft)		2011
Rocky and Bullwinkle Statue		Los Angeles Los Ángeles Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants... , California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...	United States	6 m (20 ft)		1961
Statue of Dying Buddha	Buddha Buddha In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...	Kushinagar Kushinagar Kushinagar , Kusinagar or Kusinara is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained Parinirvana after his death.-Demographics: India census, Kushinagar had a... , Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...	India	6 m (20 ft)
Statue of David	David David David was the second king of the united Kingdom of Israel according to the Hebrew Bible and, according to the Gospels of Matthew and Luke, an ancestor of Jesus Christ through both Saint Joseph and Mary...	Florence Florence Florence is the capital city of the Italian region of Tuscany and of the province of Florence. It is the most populous city in Tuscany, with approximately 370,000 inhabitants, expanding to over 1.5 million in the metropolitan area.... , Tuscany Tuscany Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....	Italy	5.17 m (17 ft)		1504
Statue of Lenin	Vladimir Ilyich Lenin	Seattle, Washington Seattle, Washington Seattle is the county seat of King County, Washington. With 608,660 residents as of the 2010 Census, Seattle is the largest city in the Northwestern United States. The Seattle metropolitan area of about 3.4 million inhabitants is the 15th largest metropolitan area in the country...	United States	5 m (16.4 ft)		1988
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial	Theodore Roosevelt	Washington, District of Columbia	United States	5 m (16.4 ft)		1967

Destroyed

Great Buddha of Bamiyan

Buddhas of Bamyan

The Buddhas of Bamiyan were two 6th century monumental statues of standing buddhas carved into the side of a cliff in the Bamyan valley in the Hazarajat region of central Afghanistan, situated northwest of Kabul at an altitude of 2,500 meters...

; Bamiyan Province

Bamiyan Province

Bamyan Province is one of the thirty-four provinces of Afghanistan. It is in the centre of the country. Its capital is also called Bamyan. The majority of the population are Hazaras, with 16% Sadat, 15% Tajiks, and Pashtuns and Tatars in smaller numbers...

, Afghanistan

Afghanistan

Afghanistan , officially the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan, is a landlocked country located in the centre of Asia, forming South Asia, Central Asia and the Middle East. With a population of about 29 million, it has an area of , making it the 42nd most populous and 41st largest nation in the world...

. 55 m (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.? Statue of Nebuchadnezzar, Province of Babylon. 45 m (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

Colossus of Nero

The Colossus Neronis was an enormous, 30 m bronze statue that the Emperor Nero erected in the vestibule of his Domus Aurea, the imperial villa complex on the Palatine Hill. It was modified by Nero's successors into a statue of the sun god Sol Invictus. It is last mentioned in the 4th century AD...

 (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

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence

Alpes-de-Haute-Provence is a French department in the south of France, it was formerly part of the province of Provence.- History :Nord-de-Provence was one of the 83 original departments created during the French Revolution on 4 March 1790...

, France. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001. Colossus of Rhodes

Colossus of Rhodes

The Colossus of Rhodes was a statue of the Greek Titan Helios, erected in the city of Rhodes on the Greek island of Rhodes by Chares of Lindos between 292 and 280 BC. It is considered one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was constructed to celebrate Rhodes' victory over the ruler of...

; Rhodes

Rhodes

Rhodes is an island in Greece, located in the eastern Aegean Sea. It is the largest of the Dodecanese islands in terms of both land area and population, with a population of 117,007, and also the island group's historical capital. Administratively the island forms a separate municipality within...

 island, Dodecanese

Dodecanese

The Dodecanese are a group of 12 larger plus 150 smaller Greek islands in the Aegean Sea, of which 26 are inhabited. Τhis island group generally defines the eastern limit of the Sea of Crete. They belong to the Southern Sporades island group...

 region, Greece. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed in 226 BC. Statue of Maitreya

Maitreya

Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...

 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

Monroe, Ohio

Monroe is a city located in east central Butler and west central Warren counties in the southwestern part of the U.S. state of Ohio. As of 2007, the city population was 7,655, up from 4,008 in 1990....

, United States 19 m (62 ft) Completed in 2004, destroyed in 2010 by lightning strike and fire. Gundam

Gundam

The is a metaseries of anime created by Sunrise studios that features giant robots called "Mobile Suits" ; usually the protagonist's MS will carry the name Gundam....

 statue; Odaiba

Odaiba

is a large artificial island in Tokyo Bay, Japan, across the Rainbow Bridge from central Tokyo. It was initially built for defensive purposes in the 1850s, dramatically expanded during the late 20th century as a seaport district, and has developed since the 1990s as a major commercial, residential...

, Tokyo, Japan. 18 m (59 ft). Completed and destroyed in 2009. See also GREEN TOKYO Gundam project. Stalin's Monument in Prague

Stalin's Monument (Prague)

Stalin's Monument was a massive granite statue honoring Joseph Stalin that was unveiled in 1955 after more than 5½ years of work in Prague, Czech Republic. It was the world's largest representation of Stalin, and was destroyed in 1962....

, Czechoslovakia. 15.5 m, stood on some 15 m pedestal. Completed in 1955, destroyed in 1962. Statue of Artemis, Temple of Artemis

Temple of Artemis

The Temple of Artemis , also known less precisely as the Temple of Diana, was a Greek temple dedicated to a goddess Greeks identified as Artemis and was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. It was situated at Ephesus , and was completely rebuilt three times before its eventual destruction...

, Ephesus

Ephesus

Ephesus was an ancient Greek city, and later a major Roman city, on the west coast of Asia Minor, near present-day Selçuk, Izmir Province, Turkey. It was one of the twelve cities of the Ionian League during the Classical Greek era...

, Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

. 15 m. Completed in c. 550 BC and destroyed in 156 BC. Statue of Zeus at Olympia

Statue of Zeus at Olympia

The Statue of Zeus at Olympia was made by the Greek sculptor Phidias, circa 432 BC on the site where it was erected in the Temple of Zeus, Olympia, Greece. It was one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.-Description:...

; Olympia

Olympia, Greece

Olympia , a sanctuary of ancient Greece in Elis, is known for having been the site of the Olympic Games in classical times, comparable in importance to the Pythian Games held in Delphi. Both games were held every Olympiad , the Olympic Games dating back possibly further than 776 BC...

, Peloponnese

Peloponnese

The Peloponnese, Peloponnesos or Peloponnesus , is a large peninsula , located in a region of southern Greece, forming the part of the country south of the Gulf of Corinth...

 region, Greece. 12 m (39 ft). Completed in 432 BC and destroyed in 475 AD. Goddess of Democracy

Goddess of Democracy

The Goddess of Democracy , and the Goddess of Liberty , was a 10-meter-tall statue created during the Tiananmen Square protests of 1989.The statue was constructed in only four days out of foam and papier-mâché over a metal armature...

; Beijing

Beijing

Beijing , also known as Peking , is the capital of the People's Republic of China and one of the most populous cities in the world, with a population of 19,612,368 as of 2010. The city is the country's political, cultural, and educational center, and home to the headquarters for most of China's...

, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

. 10 m (33 ft). Completed and destroyed in 1989

Tiananmen Square protests of 1989

The Tiananmen Square protests of 1989, also known as the June Fourth Incident in Chinese , were a series of demonstrations in and near Tiananmen Square in Beijing in the People's Republic of China beginning on 15 April 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. Kshitigarbha; hatyai, Thailand

Thailand

Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...

, Greece. 9 m (33 ft). Statue of Athena Parthenos

Athena Parthenos

Athena Parthenos was the title of a massive chryselephantine sculpture of the Greek goddess Athena made by Phidias and housed in the Parthenon in Athens. Its epithet was an essential character of the goddess herself...

, Parthenon

Parthenon

The Parthenon is a temple on the Athenian Acropolis, Greece, dedicated to the Greek goddess Athena, whom the people of Athens considered their virgin patron. Its construction began in 447 BC when the Athenian Empire was at the height of its power. It was completed in 438 BC, although...

, Athens

Athens

Athens , is the capital and largest city of Greece. Athens dominates the Attica region and is one of the world's oldest cities, as its recorded history spans around 3,400 years. Classical Athens was a powerful city-state...

, Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

. 9 m (33 ft). Completed in 438 BC and destroyed in the 5th century AD. Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Považská Bystrica. 8.70 m (28.5 ft). Completed on Sunday 5.5.1940 and destroyed on Monday 5.12.1955.

Planned

Statue of Unity

Statue of unity

The Statue of Unity is a proposed monument of Sardar Patel that will be created close to the Narmada Dam in Gujarat state of India.Announced by the Chief Minister of Gujarat, Narendra Modi, it will be two times taller than New York's Statue of Liberty and almost five times that of Rio de Janeiro's...

 (depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel

Vallabhbhai Jhaverbhai Patel was an Indian barrister and statesman, one of the leaders of the Indian National Congress and one of the founding fathers of India...

); Sadhu Bet riverbed, Gujarat, India. 182 m Maitreya Project

Maitreya Project

The Maitreya Project is an international organisation, operating since 1990,set up to construct a 152 metre statue of the Maitreya Buddha, in Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India, along with education and healthcare facilities for the local population...

 (depicts Maitreya

Maitreya

Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...

); Kushinagar

Kushinagar

Kushinagar , Kusinagar or Kusinara is a town and a nagar panchayat in Kushinagar district in the Indian state of Uttar Pradesh. It is an important Buddhist pilgrimage site, where Gautama Buddha is believed to have attained Parinirvana after his death.-Demographics: India census, Kushinagar had a...

, Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh

Uttar Pradesh abbreviation U.P. , is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 200 million people, it is India's most populous state, as well as the world's most populous sub-national entity...

, India. 152 m (500 ft). Noah

Noah

Noah was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the tenth and last of the antediluvian Patriarchs. The biblical story of Noah is contained in chapters 6–9 of the book of Genesis, where he saves his family and representatives of all animals from the flood by constructing an ark...

 Statue; North Sumatra

North Sumatra

North Sumatra is a province of Indonesia on the Sumatra island. Its capital is Medan. It is the most populous Indonesian province outside of Java. It is slightly larger than Sri Lanka in area.- Geography and population :...

, Indonesia

Indonesia

Indonesia , officially the Republic of Indonesia , is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania. Indonesia is an archipelago comprising approximately 13,000 islands. It has 33 provinces with over 238 million people, and is the world's fourth most populous country. Indonesia is a republic, with an...

. 80 m (262.5 ft). Waking the Dragon

Waking the Dragon

Waking the Dragon is a proposed bronze sculpture which is to be built in Wrexham, North Wales.The sculpture will become the tallest public artwork in the UK, standing at 210 feet, symbolising the heritage and culture of the Welsh people and has been touted as the Welsh equivalent to the Statue of...

 (bronze dragon on pedestal); Wrexham

Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...

, Wales

Wales

Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²...

, United Kingdom

United Kingdom

The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

. 64 m (210 ft) Buddha Dordenma

Buddha Dordenma statue

Buddha Dordenma is a gigantic Shakyamuni Buddha statue under construction in the mountains of Bhutan. The statue will house over one lakh smaller Buddha statues, each of which, like the Buddha Dordenma itself, will be made of bronze and gilded in gold...

 (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu, Bhutan. 51 m (169 ft). Shivaji statue; Mumbai

Mumbai

Mumbai , formerly known as Bombay in English, is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the fourth most populous city in the world, with a total metropolitan area population of approximately 20.5 million...

, Maharashtra

Maharashtra

Maharashtra is a state located in India. It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India...

, India. 48 m (159 ft) with a 45.5 m (150 ft) pedestal. Jesus Christ statue, Marijan Hill, Split

Split

Split or The Split may refer to:-Places:* Split, Croatia, the largest coastal city in Croatia* Split Island, an island in Hudson Bay, Canada* Split Island, Falkland Islands* Hạf’liua or Split Island, an island in the Rotuma Group of Fiji...

. 41 m. Goddess Mazu

Mazu

Mazu may refer to the following Chinese topics:* Mazu , deity in South China and Taiwan* Mazu Daoyi , Zen teacher in medieval China* Matsu Islands, administrative region of the Republic of China...

 statue; Kudat, Borneo Island, Malaysia. 36 m. Statue of Durga

Durga

For the 1985 Hindi Film of Rajesh Khanna see DurgaaIn Hinduism, Durga ; ; meaning "the inaccessible" or "the invincible"; , durga) or Maa Durga "one who can redeem in situations of utmost distress" is a form of Devi, the supremely radiant goddess, depicted as having eighteen arms, riding a lion...

 Maa Bhavani at Ganga Talao lake shrine, Mauritius. 33 m (108 ft) Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Prešov, Prešov District. 33 m (108 ft). The statue should start building in about 2012. Statue of Sai Baba, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. 30.5 m (100 ft) Statue of Maitreya

Maitreya

Maitreya , Metteyya , or Jampa , is foretold as a future Buddha of this world in Buddhist eschatology. In some Buddhist literature, such as the Amitabha Sutra and the Lotus Sutra, he or she is referred to as Ajita Bodhisattva.Maitreya is a bodhisattva who in the Buddhist tradition is to appear on...

 Buddha; Dashi-Choling monastery, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 24.5 m (80 ft), to be restored with the temple. Statue of Buddha

Buddha

In Buddhism, buddhahood is the state of perfect enlightenment attained by a buddha .In Buddhism, the term buddha usually refers to one who has become enlightened...

; city Erdenet

Erdenet

Erdenet is the third-largest city in Mongolia and the capital of the aimag of Orkhon.Located in the northern part of the country, it lies in a valley between the Selenge and Orkhon rivers about 150 miles northwest of Ulan Bator, the capital...

, Mongolia. 17 m (22 m with the temple), in progress.

Canceled projects and hiatus

Crazy Horse Memorial

Crazy Horse Memorial

The Crazy Horse Memorial is a mountain monument complex that is under construction on privately held land in the Black Hills, in Custer County, South Dakota. It represents Crazy Horse, an Oglala Lakota warrior, riding a horse and pointing into the distance. The memorial was commissioned by Lakota...

 (depicts Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse was a Native American war leader of the Oglala Lakota. He took up arms against the U.S...

); Black Hills, South Dakota

South Dakota

South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...

, United States. 172 m (564 ft) when completed. Garuda Wisnu Kencana

Garuda Wisnu Kencana

Mandala Garuda Wisnu Kencana, or Garuda Wisnu Kencana is a private cultural park on the Bukit Peninsula at the southern end of the island of Bali in Indonesia...

 (depicts Garuda

Garuda

The Garuda is a large mythical bird or bird-like creature that appears in both Hindu and Buddhist mythology.From an Indian perspective, Garuda is the Hindu name for the constellation Aquila and...

; Vishnu

Vishnu

Vishnu is the Supreme god in the Vaishnavite tradition of Hinduism. Smarta followers of Adi Shankara, among others, venerate Vishnu as one of the five primary forms of God....

; Bukit Peninsula, Bali

Bali

Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...

, Indonesia. 146 m. Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez, Puerto Rico

Mayagüez is the eighth-largest municipality of Puerto Rico. Originally founded as "Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria" it is also known as "La Sultana del Oeste" , "Ciudad de las Aguas Puras" , or "Ciudad del Mangó"...

. 110 m (362 ft).

Vision

Statue of Arts & Entertainment; Los Angeles, California, United States. 335.3 m (1100 ft)

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
  New Seven Wonders of the World
  New7Wonders of the World was an initiative started in 2001 by the Swiss corporation New7Wonders Foundation to choose Wonders of the World from a selection of 200 existing monuments. A popularity poll was led by Canadian-Swiss Bernard Weber and organized by the New7Wonders Foundation based in...
  
  

External links

• Top 10 highest monuments - Architecture Portal News  Top highest monuments in the World