List of statues by height
The following is a list of statues by height, considering only the figure itself, without any pedestal or plinth included in the measurement.
Existing
Over 100 metres
Statue | Depicts | Locations | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
Spring Temple Buddha | Vairocana Buddha | Lushan, Henan | China | 128 | 420 | It includes a 20 m (66 ft) lotus throne. Placed on a 25 m (82 ft) pedestal/building. 153 m (502 ft) total monument height.[1] | 2002 | 33°46′31″N 112°27′04″E / 33.775150°N 112.451016°E | |
Laykyun Setkyar | Buddha | Monywa, Sagaing Division | Burma | 116 | 381 | Stands on a 13.5 m (44 ft) throne. 130 m (427 ft) total monument height.[2] | 2008 | 22°04′49″N 95°17′21″E / 22.0803°N 95.2893°E | |
Guan Yin of the South Sea of Sanya | Guanyin | Sanya, Hainan | China | 108 | 354 | [3] | 2005 | 18°17′34″N 109°12′31″E / 18.292683°N 109.208736°E | |
Emperors Yan and Huang | Yan and Huang, Emperors of China | Zhengzhou, Henan | China | 106 | 348 | [4] | 2007 | 34°57′26″N 113°30′45″E / 34.957222°N 113.512373°E |
Up to 100 metres
Statue | Depicts | Locations | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo | |
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m | ft | ||||||||
Ushiku Daibutsu | Amitabha Buddha | Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture | Japan | 100 | 330 | Includes the 10 m (33 ft) lotus throne and 10 m (33 ft) pedestal/building. 120 m (394 ft) total monument height.[5] | 1993 | 35°58′58″N 140°13′13″E / 35.982716°N 140.220287°E | |
Sendai Daikannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Sendai, Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 100 | 330 | 1991 | 38°18′02″N 140°49′25″E / 38.300466°N 140.823559°E | ||
Qianshou Qianyan Guanyin of Weishan | Guanyin | Weishan, Changsha, Hunan province | China | 99 | 325 | Gilded bronze statue[6] | 2009 | 28°11′3.60″N 111°57′49″E / 28.1843333°N 111.96361°E | |
Peter the Great Statue | Peter I of Russia | Moscow | Russia | 96 | 315 | [7] | 1997 | 55°44′19″N 37°36′30″E / 55.738606°N 37.60824°E | |
Great Buddha of Thailand | Gautama Buddha | Ang Thong | Thailand | 92 | 302 | 2008 | 14°35′35.60″N 100°22′40.02″E / 14.5932222°N 100.3777833°E | ||
Dai Kannon of ''Kita no Miyako'' park | Kannon (Guanyin) – Byakue Kannon | Ashibetsu, Hokkaidō | Japan | 88 | 289 | [8] | 1989 | 43°31′41.44″N 142°11′53.14″E / 43.5281778°N 142.1980944°E | |
Grand Buddha at Ling Shan | Gautama Buddha | Wuxi, Jiangsu Province | China | 88 | 289 | [9] | 1996 | 31°25′55″N 120°5′29″E / 31.43194°N 120.09139°E | |
Rodina-Mat' Zovyot! (The Motherland Calls) | Woman representing the Motherland | Mamayev Kurgan; Volgograd | Russia | 87 | 285 | 1967 | 48°44′32.5″N 44°32′13″E / 48.742361°N 44.53694°E | ||
Awaji Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture | Japan | 80 | 260 | Stands on a 20 m (66 ft) pedestal/building, 100 m (328 ft) total height | 1982[10] | 34°30′11″N 134°58′36″E / 34.502949°N 134.976676°E | |
Jiuhuashan Dizang Pusa Lutian Datongxiang | Ksitigarbha | Qingyang County | China | 76 | 249 | Standing 155 m in total height | 2012 | ||
Guanyin statue in Tsz Shan Monastery | Guanyin | Hong Kong | Hong Kong (China) | 76 | 249 | 2012 | |||
Kaga Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Kaga, Ishikawa Prefecture | Japan | 73 | 240 | 1987 | 36°19′33″N 136°20′56″E / 36.325706°N 136.348851°E | ||
Leshan Giant Buddha | Maitreya Buddha | Leshan | China | 71 | 233 | Construction started in 713. With two more than 16 m (52 ft) carving statues of Lokapala | 803 | 29°32′50″N 103°46′09″E / 29.547222°N 103.769167°E | |
Son Tra Guanyin | Guanyin | Da Nang, Vietnam | Vietnam | 69.7 | 229 | [11] | 2010 | 16°05′59″N 108°16′37″E / 16.0996°N 108.2769°E | |
Rodina-mat', Kiev | Mother of the Fatherland (Soviet Union) | Kiev | Ukraine | 62 | 203 | Stands on a 40 m (130 ft) pedestal, 102 m (335 ft) total monument height | 1981 | 50°25′35″N 30°33′47″E / 50.426497°N 30.563171°E | |
Guze Jibo Daikannon of the Narita-san temple | Kannon (Guanyin) – Jibo Kannon | Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture | Japan | 62 | 203 | [12] | 1983 | 33°17′08″N 130°32′05″E / 33.285445°N 130.534852°E | |
Guanyin of Mount Xiqiao | Guanyin | Nanhai district, Foshan, Guangdong | China | 62 | 203 | Stands on a 15 m (49 ft) pedestal, 77 m (252 ft) total height | 1998 | 22°55′59″N 112°58′18″E / 22.933101°N 112.971725°E | |
Guan Yu of Yuncheng | Guan Yu | Yuncheng, Shanxi | China | 61 | 200 | Stands on a 19 m pedestal, 80 m (262 ft) total height[13] | 2010 | ||
Lashaosi Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Wushan County, Gansu | China | 60 | 200 | Thin carving on mountain[14] | 559 | ||
Zheng Chenggong Dashenxiang | Koxinga | Chiayi County | Taiwan | 564 | 172 | With statues of 49 m (160 ft) (include seat) 2 general completed on 2013[15] | 1995[16] | ||
Luangpho Yai | Gautama Buddha | Roi Et, Thailand | Thailand | 59.2 | 194 | Stands on an 8.65 m (28.4 ft) base with small museum, 67.85 m (222.6 ft) total height | |||
Great Standing Maitreya Buddha | Maitreya Buddha | Emei Township, Hsinchu County | Republic of China | 57.6 | 189 | 72 m (236 ft) total height | 2011 | 24°40′52″N 120°59′08″E / 24.681045°N 120.985651°E | |
Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) – Jibo Kannon | Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima | Japan | 57 | 187 | 1987 | 37°33′03″N 139°57′04″E / 37.550906°N 139.951229°E | ||
Tokyo Wan Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Futtsu, Chiba | Japan | 56 | 184 | Commemorates the World War II dead | 1961 | 35°15′49″N 139°51′45″E / 35.263544°N 139.862437°E | |
Usami Dai-Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Izu Peninsula, Itō, Shizuoka | Japan | 50 | 160 | The largest sitting Kannon in Japan | 1982 | 35°01′25″N 139°03′51″E / 35.023644°N 139.064069°E | |
Sodoshima Dai-Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Shōdoshima, Shōzu District, Kagawa | Japan | 50 | 160 | A tooth of the historical Buddha is said to be enshrined inside of it | 1994 | 34°30′43″N 134°12′47″E / 34.511879°N 134.213187°E | |
Taiwan Chengte Dafo | Amitabha | Puli, Nantou | Taiwan | 50 | 160 | 2004 | With 28 m statues of Guanyin and Mahasthamaprapta[17] | ||
African Renaissance Monument | People of Africa | Dakar | Senegal | 49 | 161 | 2010 | 14°43′20″N 17°29′42″W / 14.72222°N 17.49500°W | ||
Buddha in Aluthgama | Gautama Buddha | Aluthgama | Sri Lanka | 48.8 | 160 | 2007 | 6°26′56″N 80°00′00″E / 6.4490°N 80.0001°E | ||
Dai Kannon of Kamaishi | Kannon (Guanyin) – Gyoran Kannon | Kamaishi, Iwate | Japan | 48.5 | 159 | Symbolizes maritime safety, 11 floors inside the buddha | 1970 | 39°15′24″N 141°54′03″E / 39.256532°N 141.900895°E | |
Donglin Dafo | Buddha Amitabha | Lushan District, Jiangxi | China | 48 | 157 | Surrounded by an 80 m tall flame sculpture.[18] | 2012 | ||
Jinding Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Dunhua | China | 48 | 157 | standing | 2011 | ||
Ten Directions Samantabhadra Bodhisattva | Buddha – Samantabhadra[19] | Mount Emei, Sichuan province | China | 48 | 157 | 2005 | 29°31′32″N 103°20′12″E / 29.52567°N 103.336802°E | ||
Jieyin Dafo in Fo Guang Shan | Gautama Buddha | Kaohsiung | Republic of China | 48 | 157 | bronze, 108 m total height | 2011 | ||
Virgen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace) | Mary | Trujillo, Trujillo | Venezuela | 46.7 | 153 | Work of the sculptor Manuel de la Fuente. Tallest sculpture of the Virgin Mary in the world. | 1983 | 9°20′52″N 70°27′46″W / 9.34778°N 70.46278°W | |
Statue of Liberty (Liberty Enlightening the World) | Lady Liberty | Liberty Island, New York | United States | 46 | 151 | Stands upon a 47 m (154 ft) pedestal. 93 m (305 ft) total monument height.[20] It is the largest statue in the United States. | 1886 | 40°41′21″N 74°02′40″W / 40.6892°N 74.0445°W | |
Jixiang Dafo | Buddha | Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture | China | 45 | 148 | 2008 | |||
Phra Puttamingmongkol Akenakkiri Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Phuket | Thailand | 45 | 148 | [21] | 2008 | 7°49′40″N 98°18′49″E / 7.82784°N 98.313727°E | |
Virgen del Socavón | Mary | Oruro | Bolivia | 45 | 148 | 2013 | |||
Tong Lam Lo Son Amitabha Buddha | Amitabha Buddha | Nha Trang, Vietnam | Vietnam | 44 | 144 | [22][23] | 2012 | 12°16′59″N 109°08′02″E / 12.28296°N 109.13383°E | |
Kailashnath Mahadev Statue | Shiva | Kathmandu | Nepal | 43.5 | 143 | The Tallest Lord Shiva statue in the world(143 feet high).This was inaugurated in 2010 known as Kailashnath Mahadev Statue[24] | 2010 | 27°38′46″N 85°28′29″E / 27.646017°N 85.474774°E | |
Lord Murugan Statue | Murugan | Batu Caves, Gombak | Malaysia | 42.7 | 140 | Second tallest statue of an Hindu deity and tallest Murugan statue in the world | 2006 | 3°14′15″N 101°41′02″E / 3.237483°N 101.683976°E | |
Santa Rita de Cássia | Rita of Cascia | Santa Cruz, Rio Grande do Norte | Brazil | 42 | 138 | Stands over a 6 m pedestal and wears an 8 m crown. 56 m (183.7 ft) total monument height. | 2010 | ||
Grand Byakue Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture | Japan | 41.8 | 137 | [25] | 1936 | 36°18′40″N 138°58′50″E / 36.311105°N 138.980677°E | |
Chunan Da Mazu | Mazu | Miaoli County | Taiwan | 136 ft | 1984 [26] | ||||
Veera Abhaya Anjaneya Hanuman Swami | Hanuman | Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh | India | 41 | 135 | World's tallest Hanuman. India's tallest statue. | 2003 | 17°13′47″N 82°07′21″E / 17.229682°N 82.12263°E | |
Xishan Dafo | Buddha Amitabha | Taiyuan, Shanxi | China | 41 | [27] | 135576 | |||
Guanyin of Lianhuashan | Guanyin | Lianhuashan, Guangzhou, Guangdong | China | 40.8 | 134 | While the statue was completed in 1994. The gold plating was refinished in 2000[28] | 1994 | 22°59′27.33″N 113°30′1.49″E / 22.9909250°N 113.5004139°E | |
Thiruvalluvar Statue | Tiruvalluvar | Kanyakumari, Tamil Nadu | India | 41 | 133 | The entire 133 feet of sculptured Thiruvalluvar statue depicts 3 sections of Thirukkural, namely, virtue (38 chapters), wealth (70 chapters) and love (25 chapters). Since, virtue always considered essential for life, the altair of the statue constructed for 38 feet (12 m) and the remaining 95 feet (29 m) depicts other two sections. Thus, the altair has to be considered integral part of the statue. | 2000 | 8°04′40″N 77°33′14″E / 8.0777°N 77.5539°E |
Up to 40 metres
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | photo | |
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Shichikama Shokannon | Kannon | Nishisonogi District, Nagasaki | Japan | 40 m (132 ft) | standing | 1990 | |||
Shinran Shonin | Shinran | Kitakanbara District, Niigata | Japan | 40 m (132 ft) | standing | 1990 | |||
José María Morelos statue | José María Morelos | Janitzio island, Michoacán | Mexico | 40 m (132 ft) | Made of pink stone | 1934 | 19°34′25″N 101°39′07″W / 19.573611°N 101.651944°W | ||
Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue | Genghis Khan | Tsonjin Boldog, Tuv Province | Mongolia | 40 m (132 ft) | Tallest equestrian statue[29] | 2007 | 47°48′29″N 107°32′13″E / 47.807927°N 107.536899°E | ||
Standing Amitabha Buddha of Fo Guang Shan | Buddha Amitabha | Kaohsiung | Taiwan | 40 m (132 ft) | [30] | 1972 | 22°44′57″N 120°26′45″E / 22.749050°N 120.445900°E | ||
Atatürk Mask | Mustafa Kemal Atatürk | Buca in the Izmir Province | Turkey | 40 m (132 ft) | Work of the sculptor Harun Atalayman[31] | 2009 | 38°24′22″N 27°08′46″E / 38.406046°N 27.145991°E | ||
Tathagata Tsal | Buddha | Ravangla, Sikkim | India | 39 m (128 ft) | 2013 | [32] | |||
Big Buddha Statue of Wat Phothikyan Phut Thak Tham | Amitabha | Pasir Puteh, Kelantan | Malaysia | 39 m (128 ft) | The Theravada Buddhist abbot of the Twin Dragon Temple saw that buddha in a dream[33] | 2009 | |||
Hongguang Shan Giant Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Ürümqi, Xinjiang | China | 38.8 m (127 ft) | [34] | 2004 | 43°52′52″N 87°36′49″E / 43.881145°N 87.613478°E | ||
Nanshan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Yantai | China | 38.66 m | sitting | 2004 | |||
Daishaka | Gautama Buddha | Tamana, Kumamoto | Japan | 38.5 m | sitting | 1979 | |||
Laozi of Laojunshan Mountain | Laozi | Luanchuan County, Luoyang, Henan province | China | 38 m (124.5 ft) | Gilded bronze statue.[35] | 2010 | |||
Statue of Padmasambhava in Rewalsar | Guru Rinpoche | Rewalsar, Himachal Pradesh | India | 37.5 m (123 ft) | 2012 | 31°38′2″N 76°49′59.99″E / 31.63389°N 76.8333306°E | |||
Replica of the Statue of Liberty in front of the Havan store | Lady Liberty | Barra Velha | Brazil | 37 | 121 | Stands on top of a 20 m tall pedestal.[36] | 2011 | 26°38′10″S 48°41′56″W / 26.63611°S 48.69889°W | |
Shiva of Murudeshwara | Shiva | Murudeshwara, district of Uttara Kannada, Karnataka | India | 37 m (122 ft) | The Second Tallest Lord Shiva statue in the World (This is First Tallest statues of Shiva in India)[37] | 2006 | 14°05′37″N 74°29′01″E / 14.093645°N 74.483689°E | ||
Rong Xian Buddha | Maitreya Buddha | Rong Xian, Sichuan province | China | 37 m (121 ft) | [38] | Tang Dynasty | |||
The Merlion of Sentosa | A merlion | Sentosa | Singapore | 37 m (121 ft) | 1996 | 1°15′13″N 103°49′08″E / 1.2535°N 103.818794°E | |||
Christ the King | Jesus | Świebodzin | Poland | 36 m (120 ft). It includes a 3 m tall metal crown[39] | Stands on top of a 16 m stone bank. 52 m total monument height. The tallest Christ statue in the world. (2011)[39] | 2010 | 52°14′12″N 15°32′47″E / 52.236667°N 15.546389°E | ||
Da Guan Gong | Guan Yu | Hsinchu | Taiwan | 120 ft | 1975[40] | ||||
Guanyin of Chongyuan Temple | Guanyin | Suzhou, Jiangsu province | China | 36 m (118 ft) | 88-ton indoor statue made of gilded bronze. | 2007 | |||
Statue of Padmasambhava in Namchi | Guru Rinpoche | Namchi, Sikkim | India | 36 m (118 ft) | 2004[41] | 27°10′46″N 88°22′48″E / 27.179514°N 88.380021°E | |||
Alyosha monument | World War II USSRn soldier | Murmansk | Russia | 35.5 m (116.5 ft) | Stands upon a 7 m pedestal. 42,5 m (140 ft) total monument height | 1974 | 68°59′34″N 33°04′16″E / 68.992902°N 33.071208°E | ||
Lord Basava | Basava | Gadag, Karnataka | India | 35.35 m (116 ft) | Tallest statue of lord Basava in the world | 2014 | |||
Shandan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Shandan County | China | 35 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[42] | |||
Bodhisattva Avalokitesvara of Tazawako | Avalokitesvara | Tazawako, Akita prefecture | Japan | 35 m (115 ft) | 1939 | 39°44′21″N 140°43′23″E / 39.739192°N 140.723013°E | |||
Birth of the New Man | Christopher Columbus | Sevilla | Spain | 35 m (115 ft) | 1995 | 37°25′39″N 5°59′34″W / 37.427575°N 5.992813°W | |||
Mogao Caves North Big Statue | Maitreya Buddha[43] | Dunhuang, Gansu | China | 35 m | near 26 m South Big Statue sitting Maitreya built during Kaiyuan | 694 | |||
Cristo de la Concordia | Jesus | Cochabamba | Bolivia | 34.2 m (112 ft) | Stands upon a 6.2 m pedestal. 40.4 m (132.5 ft) total monument height. | 1994 | 17°23′04″S 66°08′04″W / 17.384522°S 66.13452°W | ||
Tian Tan Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Ngong Ping, Lantau Island | Hong Kong | 34 m (112 ft) | 1993 | 22°15′14″N 113°54′17″E / 22.253889°N 113.904722°E | |||
Pegasus and the Dragon | Pegasus and Dragon | Hallandale Beach, Florida | United States | 33.5 m (110 ft) | Tallest and largest statue of both a horse and a European dragon, second tallest in the US | November 2014 | 25°58′56″N 80°08′26″W / 25.982155°N 80.140495°W | ||
Hungludi Tudigong Xiang | Tu Di Gong | New Taipei City | Taiwan | 109 ft | about 2000s[44] | ||||
Maoshan Laozi Shenxiang | Laozi | near Zhenjiang, Jiangsu province | China | 33 m (108 ft) | 1998 | 31°47′48.38″N 119°18′39.77″E / 31.7967722°N 119.3110472°E | |||
Xuedoushan Maitreya Big Buddha | Maitreya | Fenghua | China | 33 m | sitting Budai[45] | 2008 | |||
Yishan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Guanyun County | China | 33 m | sitting | 2009 | |||
Guanshiyin Pusa Shengxiang in Guanyin Shan | Guanyin | Dongguang | China | 33 m | carving | 2001 | |||
Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (fr) (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) | Mary | Le Mas-Rillier in Miribel, Ain | France | 33 m (108 ft) | Over a 20 m building/pedestal. 53 m (174 ft) total height.[46] | 1941 | 45°49′44″N 4°57′01″E / 45.828919°N 4.950349°E | ||
Mangal Mahadev | Shiva | Ganga Talao lake | Mauritius | 33 m (108 ft) | 2007 | 20°24′59″S 57°29′33″E / 20.4164°S 57.4924°E | |||
Sri Tallapaka Annamacharya | Annamacharya | Tallapaka, Andhra Pradesh | India | 33 m (108 ft) | Telugu poet and musician | 2008 | 14°12′04″N 79°09′41″E / 14.201056°N 79.161516°E | ||
Hanuman Murti in Shahjahanpur | Hanumat Dham | Shahjahanpur, Uttar Pradesh | India | 32 m (104 ft) | Standing | 2013 | |||
Hanuman Murti in Shimla | Hanuman | Shimla, Himachal Pradesh | India | 33 m (108 ft) | Located at 8,500 ft(2,591 mt) above sea level | 2010 | |||
Basava statue at Basavakalyan, Bidar | Basava | Basavakalyan, Karnataka | India | 33 m (108 ft) | The 1st tallest Lord Basava Statue in the World | 2012 | |||
Junkin Kaiun Hoju Daikanzeon Bosatsu | Kannon | Ichishi District, Mie | Japan | 33 m | standing | 1982 | |||
Taniyama no Daikannon | Kannon | Kagoshima | Japan | 33 m | standing | 2001 | |||
Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa | Maitreya Buddha | Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province | South Korea | 33 m (108 ft) | 1990 | ||||
Hushanyan Dafo | Maitreya Buddha | Douliu | Taiwan | 33 m (108 ft) | sitting | 1987 | not yet opened[47] | ||
Mindroling Monastery Buddha statue | Gautama Buddha | Dehradun, Uttarakhand state | India | 32.6 m (107 ft) | |||||
Luang Pho To | Maitreya | Bangkok | Thailand | 32.5 m (106 ft) | |||||
Baxianshan Dafo | Buddha | Pingshan County, Sichuan | China | 32 m | standing | Ming Dynasty | |||
Diskit Monastery Buddha statue | Jampa Buddha | Diskit, Nubra Valley, Ladakh | India | 32 m (105 ft) | 2010 | ||||
Hanuman in Nandura | Hanuman | Maharashtra | India | 32 m (105 ft) | |||||
Statue of Mao in Juzizhou | Mao Zedong | Yuelu District, Changsha | China | 32 m (105 ft) | 2009[48] | ||||
Bhaisajyaguru of the Nihon-ji Temple | Buddha – Bhaisajyaguru | Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba | Japan | 31 m (102 ft) | Largest pre-modern Japan sculpture | 1790 (approximate date) | 35°09′28″N 139°50′05″E / 35.157732°N 139.834757°E | ||
Mangal Mahadev | Lord Shiva | Gangtan,Sampla Beri Road Hariyana | India | 101 ft | Standing Statue | 2012 | 28°37′N 76°39′E / 28.62°N 76.65°E | ||
Jalesveva Jayamahe | Navy Officer | Surabaya | Indonesia | 30.6 | 100 | Standing 30 metres concrete building.Total height 60.6 m | 1996 | 7°11′46.74″S 112°44′23.16″E / 7.1963167°S 112.7397667°E | |
Mazu Statue | Mazu | Xinwu District, Taoyuan City | Taiwan | 30.5 m (100 ft) | The tallest Mazu statue in Taiwan | 2001 | 24°58′32″N 121°01′35″E / 24.975662°N 121.026496°E | ||
Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri | Shiva | Haridwar, Uttarakhand | India | 30.5 m (100 ft) | The Third Tallest Lord Shiva statue in the World(100 feet high) (This is Second Tallest statues of Shiva in India)[49] | ||||
São Francisco de Canindé | Francis of Assisi | Canindé, Ceará | Brazil | 30.5 m (100 ft) | Tallest statue in the Brazilian state of Ceará. Tallest statue of Saint Francis in the world. | 2005 | 4°22′01″S 39°18′19″W / 4.36694°S 39.30528°W |
Up to 30 metres
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
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Christ Blessing (Kristus kase Berkat) | Jesus | Manado | Indonesia | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on a 20 m pedestal. 50 m (158.3 ft) total monument height | 2007 | 1°29′0″N 124°50′0″E / 1.48333°N 124.83333°E | |
Obinzurusama | Pindola Bharadvaja | Yamaga, Kumamoto | Japan | 30 m | standing | 1607 | ||
Cristo Resucitado (Christ Resurrected) | Jesus | Tlalnepantla de Baz, Mexico State | Mexico | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on a 10 m tall pedestal. 40 m (132 ft) total height. | 19°33′43″N 99°11′04″W / 19.562014°N 99.184463°W | ||
Virgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo) | Woman of the Apocalypse | Quito | Ecuador | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on an 11 m pedestal. 41 m (134 ft) total | 1976 | 0°13′43″S 78°31′7″W / 0.22861°S 78.51861°W | |
Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) | Jesus | Rio de Janeiro | Brazil | 30 m (98.5 ft) | Stands on a 9.5 m pedestal. 39.6 m (130 ft) total monument height | 1931 | 22°57′06″S 43°12′39″W / 22.951667°S 43.210833°W | |
Buddha statue in the Phra Buddha Bharameedharm Chamruslok Temple | Buddha | Kelantan | Malaysia | 30 m | sitting[50] | 1750 approx. | ||
Bronze Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple | Guanyin | Air Itam, Penang island | Malaysia | 30 m (98.5 ft) | It's sheltered inside a 60.9m tall pavilion, the tallest in the world[51] | 1999 | 5°23′52″N 100°16′21″E / 5.39778°N 100.27250°E | |
Cristo del Otero | Jesus | Palencia | Spain | 30 m (98.5 ft) | 1931 | 42°01′40″N 4°31′46″W / 42.02789°N 4.52932°W | ||
Juche Tower statues | Worker, peasant and intellectual | Pyongyang, North Korea | North Korea | 30 m (98.5 ft) | 1982 | 39°01′04″N 125°45′47″E / 39.017783°N 125.76303°E | ||
Arch of Reunification | Women holding symbol | Pyongyang, North Korea | North Korea | 30 m (98.5 ft) | 2001 | 38°57′52″N 125°42′56″E / 38.964464°N 125.715587°E | ||
Heilong Yiquan Suxiang | A dog jumped to the sea after seeing his 17 masters buried[52] | New Taipei City | Taiwan | 30 m | 1994 | |||
White marble Guan Yin of Yinxian | Guanyin | Yinxian, Zhejiang | China | 29 m (95 ft) | 1998 | 22°58′41″N 114°01′06″E / 22.978158°N 114.018454°E | ||
Erawan Museum | Airavata | Samut Prakan | Thailand | 28.9 m (95 ft) | Stands over a 15 m tall building. 43.8 m (144 ft) total monument height | 13°37′42″N 100°35′20″E / 13.628231°N 100.588991°E | ||
Pangshan Lifo | Gautama Buddha | Pengshan County | China | 28 m | standing near 24 m sitting Buddha Prabhutaratna | Kaiyuan | ||
Biwako Daibutsu | Amitabha | Nagahama, Shiga | Japan | 28 m | standing | 1994 | ||
Haraturu Syouryu Daikannon | Kannon | Asakura District, Fukuoka | Japan | 28 m | standing | 1987 | ||
Shippoji Daikannon | Kannon | Nose, Osaka | Japan | 28 m | standing | 2002 | ||
Cristo-Rei (Christ the King) | Jesus | Almada | Portugal | 28 m (92 ft) | Stands on an 82 m pedestal. 103 m (338 ft) total | 1959 | 38°40′43″N 9°10′17″W / 38.67861°N 9.17139°W | |
Christ of Vũng Tàu (Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua) | Jesus | Vũng Tàu, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu Province | Vietnam | 28 m (92 ft) | Stands on a 10 m platform. 38 m (126.5 ft) total monument height | 1993 | 10°19′35″N 107°05′05″E / 10.326303°N 107.084641°E | |
Cristo Bendicente (Blessing Christ) | Jesus | San Miguel de Tucumán | Argentina | 28 m (92 ft) | 1942 | 26°47′47″S 65°21′39″W / 26.79639°S 65.36083°W | ||
Puning Temple Buddha | Guanyin | Chengde | China | 22.28 m | standing | 1755 | 41°0′50″N 117°56′48″E / 41.01389°N 117.94667°E | |
Qianshou Guanyin of Donglin Temple | Guanyin | Jinshan District, Shanghai | China | 27 m (90 ft) | Indoor statue. It stands over a 2 m lotus base. 29 m total height[53] | 2007 | 30°53′48″N 121°09′38″E / 30.896553°N 121.160639°E | |
Lenin statue | Vladimir Lenin | Volgograd | Russia | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Stands on a 30 m pedestal. The tallest Lenin statue in the world.[54] | 1973 | 48°31′39″N 44°33′31″E / 48.52750°N 44.55861°E | |
Bingling Temple Maitreya Buddha | Buddha – Maitreya | Jishi Hill, near Lanzhou, Gansu province | China | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Its cover has fallen off, possibly the Buddha was made of straw and stucco over an inner wooden frame | 420 approx. | 35°52′06″N 103°10′03″E / 35.86833°N 103.16750°E | |
Tochigi Heiwa-Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin)'s embodiment as the goddess of Peace | Near Utsunomiya; Tochigi Prefecture | Japan | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Work of sculptor Asajiro Hida[55] | 1954 | 36°35′46″N 139°49′11″E / 36.595996°N 139.8196°E | |
Cristo Rei of Dili (Christ the King) | Jesus | Dili | East Timor | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Gift from the Indonesian government to the East Timorese people | 1995 | 8°31′15″S 125°36′31″E / 8.520815°S 125.608508°E | |
Our Lady of the Rockies | Virgin Mary | Butte, Montana | United States | 27 m (88.6 ft) | Design of Laurien Eugene Riehl | 1985 | 46°0′1.7″N 112°26′46.58″W / 46.000472°N 112.4462722°W | |
Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War | Soldiers | Pyongyang, North Korea | North Korea | 27 m (88.6 ft) | 1993 | 39°02′25″N 125°44′17″E / 39.040359°N 125.738147°E | ||
Smiling Buddha of the Bao Jue Temple | Maitreya Buddha | Taichung | Taiwan, ROC | 26.8 m (88 ft) | 1975 | 24°9′33.96″N 120°41′18.53″E / 24.1594333°N 120.6884806°E | ||
Samadhi Buddha in Kurunegala | Gautama Buddha | Kurunegala | Sri Lanka | 26.8 m (88 ft) | Designed and Built by Rohana Dharmasena | 2003 | 7°29′6.53″N 80°22′11.15″E / 7.4851472°N 80.3697639°E | |
Hermannsdenkmal | Chief Arminius | North Rhine Westphalia | Germany | 26.57 m (87 ft) | Stands at the top of a 27 m (88.5 ft) monument | 1875 | 51°54′42″N 08°50′22″E / 51.91167°N 8.83944°E | |
Migjid Janraisig in the Gandantegchinlen Khiid Monastery | Avalokitesvara | Ulan Bator | Mongolia | 26.5 m (87 ft)[56] | Tallest indoor statue in the world | 1996 rebuilt (1913) | 47°55′23″N 106°53′42″E / 47.923144°N 106.895009°E | |
Hundred Feet Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) – Byakue Kannon | Sōma city, Fukushima prefecture | Japan | 26.4 m (87 ft) | 1930 (construction started) | |||
Chinmaya Ganadhish | Ganesha | Kolhapur, Maharashtra state | India | 26 m (85 ft) | Idol at Chinmaya Sandeepany Ashram | 2001 | 16°47′51″N 74°17′24″E / 16.797557°N 74.290023°E | |
Hanuman of Carapichaima | Hanuman | Carapichaima | Trinidad and Tobago | 26 m (85 ft) | ||||
Adinath, Bawangaja | Adinath | Barwani, Madhya Pradesh | India | 26 m (84 ft) | This is one of the older tallest statues in India | |||
Cristo Rey | Jesus | Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca Department | Colombia | 26 m (85 ft) | 1953 | 3°26′11″N 76°33′54″W / 3.436262°N 76.565083°W | ||
Jesus of the Mercy | Jesus | San Juan del Sur, Rivas Department | Nicaragua | 26 m (85 ft) | 2009 | 11°15′N 85°52′W / 11.250°N 85.867°W | ||
Shivagiri of Bijapur | Shiva | Bijapur, Karnataka | India | 26 m (85 ft) | This is Fourth Tallest statues of Shiva in World (This is Third Tallest statues of Shiva in India) | 2006 | ||
Guanyin in Lingyingsi | Guanyin | Quanzhou | China | 25.7 m | 2002 | |||
The Skowhegan Indian | Abenaki American Indian | Skowhegan, Maine | United States | 25 m | The world's tallest statue of an American Indian. | 1969 | ||
The Broken Christ | Jesus | San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes | Mexico | 25 m (82 ft) | Stands over 3 m tall pedestal. 28 m (92 ft) total height. | 2006 | 22°08′21″N 102°25′54″W / 22.139185°N 102.431594°W | |
Christ Roi des Houches | Jesus | Les Houches, Haute-Savoie | France | 25 m (82 ft) | 1934 | |||
Great Buddha in the coiled Nāga | Buddha | inside the Xieng Khuan, Vientiane | Laos | 25 m (82 ft) | ||||
Ōfuna Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Kamakura, Kanagawa | Japan | 25 m (82 ft) | The complex it belongs contains stones from ground zero at Hiroshima and Nagasaki, as this temple commemorates the souls of those who died in the atomic bomb attacks | 1961 | 35°21′12″N 139°31′43″E / 35.353435°N 139.52870°E | |
Our Lady of Bai Dau (Đức Mẹ Bãi Dâu) | Maria | Vũng Tàu (Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu) | Vietnam | 25 m (82 ft) | Located at 28 m above sea level | 1992 | ||
National Monument to the Forefathers | Faith | Plymouth, Massachusetts | United States | 25 m (81 ft) | with a 13 m (45 ft) pedestal; commemorates the Mayflower Pilgrims[57] | 1888 | 41°57′36″N 70°40′34″W / 41.9600°N 70.6761°W | |
Hanuman of the Ram Tirath temple | Hanuman | Amritsar, Punjab state | India | 24.5 m (80 ft) | ||||
Great Buddha Statue in Bodhgaya | Buddha | Bihar, Bodhgaya | India | 25 m (80 ft) | 1989[58] | |||
Binxian Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Bin County, Shaanxi | China | 24 m | standing | 692 | ||
Worker and Kolkhoz Woman | Proletarian workers | 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 / 55.82833°N 37.64556°E | |
Tambun Tibetan Temple Buddha | Amitabha | Tambun, Perak state | Malaysia | 24 m (77 ft) | [59] | 1975 (Construction started) | ||
Heiwa Kannon of Funaoka Park | Kannon (Guanyin)'s embodiment as the goddess of Peace | near Funaoka station, Miyagi Prefecture | Japan | 24 m (77 m) | 1975 | |||
Kannon of the Ryozen Historical Memorial | Kannon (Guanyin) | Kyoto, Kyoto Prefecture | Japan | 24 m (77 ft) | Commemorates the soldiers who died in World War II | 1955 | ||
The White Buddha statue of Long Son Pagoda (Tượng Kim Thân Phật Tổ) | Gautama | Nha Trang, Khánh Hòa Province | Vietnam | 24 m (77 ft) | [60] | 1964 | 12°15′07″N 109°10′51″E / 12.251994°N 109.18086°E | |
Sancarlone | Saint Charles Borromeo | Arona, province of Novara | Italy | 23.5 m (77 ft) | Standing on an 11.5 m pedestal, 35 m (115 ft) total height | 1698 | 45°46′12.93″N 8°32′36.10″E / 45.7702583°N 8.5433611°E | |
Hakuba Daibutsu | an unspecified buddha | Itoigawa, Niigata | Japan | 23.5 m | sitting | 1972 | ||
Gangu Dafo | Gautama | Gangu County | China | 23.3 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty[61] | ||
Cristo Rey de los Álamos | Jesus | Tijuana, Baja California state | Mexico | 23.3 m (76 ft) | [62] | 1999 | ||
Lord Shiva | Shiva Temple, Kachnar City | Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh state | India | 23.17 m (76 ft) | This is fifth tallest Lord Shiva Statue in the World (This is Fourth tallest Lord Shiva Statue in the India) | 2006 | 23°11′20″N 79°53′53″E / 23.18889°N 79.89806°E | |
Mother Armenia (Mayr Hayastan) | Mother Armenia | Yerevan | Armenia | 23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 50 m pedestal. 73 m (240 ft) total monument height | 1950 | 40°11′42.90″N 44°31′29.34″E / 40.1952500°N 44.5248167°E | |
Monumental Virgen de Guadalupe | Virgin Mary | Xicotepec de Juarez, Puebla | Mexico | 23 m (75 ft) | 2010 | 20°17′10″N 97°57′14″W / 20.28611°N 97.95389°W | ||
Tiantishan Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Wuwei, Gansu | China | 23 m | standing | Tang Dynasty | ||
Miroku Daikannon | Kannon | Nasu, Tochigi | Japan | 23 m | standing | 2000 | ||
Christ the King in Saint Apollonia mount | Jesus | Pachuca, Hidalgo | Mexico | 23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 10 m tall pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height. | 1996 | 20°07′49″N 98°43′18″W / 20.130261°N 98.721771°W | |
Torii Kannon | Kannon (Guanyin) | Hannou city, Saitama prefecture | Japan | 23 m (75 ft) | Stands on a 12 m pedestal. 35 m (115 ft) total height[63] | 1971 | ||
Cristo Rey del Tupungato | Jesus | Tupungato Valley, Mendoza Province | Argentina | 23 m (75 ft) | Over a 5 m pedestal. 28 m (91.8 ft) total monument height | |||
Christ of the Sacred Heart (Christ of the Sacred Heart) | Jesus | near Rosarito, Baja California state | Mexico | 23 m (75 ft) | 32°15′54.72″N 116°59′42.36″W / 32.2652000°N 116.9951000°W | |||
Vishnu statue | Vishnu | Garuda Wisnu Kencana park in the Bukit Peninsula | Indonesia | 23 m (75 ft) | Original project was to construct a 140 m sculpture, currently on hiatus.[64] | |||
Hanuman Vatika | Hanuman | Rourkela, Orissa state | India | 23 m (75 ft) | ||||
Golden Buddha in the Likir Monastery | Maitreya Buddha | Ladakh, Jammu and Kashmir | India | 23 m (75 ft) | There is a small museum which houses collections of thankas, old religious and domestic costumes | 1999 | 34°17′36″N 77°12′54″E / 34.293238°N 77.215122°E | |
Golden Driller | Oilman | Tulsa, Oklahoma | United States | 23 m (75 ft) | 1953 | 36°08′01″N 95°55′52″W / 36.133638°N 95.931158°W | ||
Golden Buddha in Ulan Bator | Buddha | Ulan Bator | Mongolia | 23 m (75 ft) | 2005 | 47°53′10″N 106°54′44″E / 47.885989°N 106.91224°E | ||
Monument to the Discoverer Faith (es:) | Christopher Columbus | Huelva | Spain | 22.5 m (74 ft) | Stands on a 14.5 m pedestal. 37 m (121 ft) total monument height. | 1929 | 37°12′44″N 6°56′26″W / 37.21222°N 6.94056°W | |
Ganpati Dham Temple | Lord Ganesha | Bahadurgarh,Hariyana | India | 22.56 m (74 ft) | Worlds talest Ganesha Statue | 2009 | ||
Guan Yin | Guanyin | Zhongzheng Park, Taipei-Keelung metropolitan area | Taiwan, ROC | 22.4 m (73 ft) | 5 floors inside | 1969 | 25°08′0.46″N 121°45′1.27″E / 25.1334611°N 121.7503528°E | |
Xunxian Dafo | Maitreya | Xun County | China | 22.29 m | Later Zhao | [65] | ||
Cristo del Pacífico | Jesus | Lima, Lima Province | Peru | 22 m | Stands on a 15 m pedestal, 37 m total height. | 2011 | ||
Cristo de La Caldera | Jesus | Salta Province | Argentina | 22 m (72 ft) | 26 m (86.3 ft) total monument height | 1969 | ||
Monument to the Battle of Sakarya | Turkish Soldier | Polatlı, Ankara | Turkey | 22 m | Stands on a 9 m pedestal, 31 m total height. | 2008 | ||
Heart of Jesus Lookout | Jesus | Lupeni, Harghita County | Romania | 22 m (72 ft) | Stands on a 2 m pedestal, 24 m total height. | 2011 | 46°23′37″N 25°15′23″E / 46.393571°N 25.256479°E | |
Cristo Redentore | Jesus | Maratea, province of Potenza | Italy | 22 m (72 ft) | [66] | 1965 | ||
Aumisme Buddha Maitreya in Mandarom | Buddha – Maitreya | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | France | 22 m (72 ft) | [67] | 1981 | ||
Changhua Great Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Changhua City | Taiwan | 22 m (72 ft) | Is on top of Bagua Mountain, 6 floors contains a Buddhist museum inside of the Buddha. | 1956[68] | 24°04′43″N 120°32′57″E / 24.0785361111°N 120.54922629°E | |
Minotauro | Defeated minotauro fleeing to Creta | Jerez de la Frontera, province of Cadiz | Spain | 22 m (72 ft) | [69] | 2003 | ||
Shuangmian Guanyin | Guanyin | Wuhan | China | 21.8 m | 2003 | |||
Cristo de las Noas | Jesus | Torreón, Coahuila | Mexico | 21.8 m (71.5 ft) | ||||
Regina Rosarii | Mary | Tanay, Rizal | Philippines | 21.6 m (71 ft)[70] | ||||
Fushun Dafo | Vairocana | Fushun | China | 21.48 m | 2009[71] | |||
Foguang Dafo in Foguangsi | Amitabha | Huilai County | China | 21.34 m | 23.42m total height | 1997 | ||
Guanyin Zuolian Baoxiang in Dahuaxingsi | Avalokitesvara | Shenzhen | China | 21.3 m | 2008 | |||
Dainichi Nyorai of the Seiryū-ji Temple | Buddha – Vairocana | Aomori city, Aomori prefecture | Japan | 21.3 m (70 ft) | 1984 | |||
Guanyin of the Longxing Monastery | Guanyin | near Zhengding, Hebei province | China | 21.3 (70 ft) | 971 | |||
Cosmic Christ | Jesus | Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence | France | 21 m (69 ft) | 1987 | |||
Seinen Daishi | Kūkai | Muroto, Kōchi | Japan | 21 m | standing | 1984 | ||
Tiangong Dafo | Guatama | Shaoxing | China | 20.8 m | by 3 successive generations of a sculptor family | between Sui Dynasty and Tang Dynasty[72] | ||
Xumishan Grottes Big Buddha | Maitreya | Guyuan | China | 20.6 m | sitting | Tang Dynasty [73] | ||
Cristo de El Cubilete (Christ King of the Mountain of El Cubilete) | Jesus | Silao, Guanajuato | Mexico | 20.5 m (67 ft) | with a 12.5 m pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height | 1944 | 21°0′42.5″N 101°22′8.1″W / 21.011806°N 101.368917°W | |
Tribute to Courage | Sam Houston | Huntsville, Texas | United States | 20.5 m (67 ft) | with a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal | 1994 | 30°39′40″N 95°30′39″W / 30.66111°N 95.51083°W | |
Dallas Zoo's giraffe statue | Giraffe | Dallas, Texas | United States | 20.5 m (67 ft) | 1997 | 32°44′38″N 96°48′52″W / 32.74389°N 96.81444°W | ||
Great Sphinx of Giza | Sphinx | Giza, near Cairo | Egypt | 20.22 m (66 ft) | [74] | 2532 BC approx. | 29°58′31″N 31°08′16″E / 29.97528°N 31.13778°E | |
Stainless steel Ganlu Guanyin | Guanyin | Wenshang County | China | 20.15 m | 2009 | |||
Confucius of Zichuan | Confucius | Zichuan, Zibo City, Shandong province | China | 20.09 m | A bronze statue.[75] | 2010 |
Up to 20 metres
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
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Temple of Ramesses II | Ramesses II | Abu Simbel, Egypt | Egypt | 20 m | 1264BC | 22°20′13″N 31°37′32″E / 22.33694°N 31.62556°E | ||
Kunming Dafo | Gautama | Anning, Yunnan | China | 20 m | 1980s | |||
Jilesi Dafo | Amitabha | Harbin | China | 20 m | 2009 | |||
Qianfoshan Mile Shengyuan Mile Dafo | Maitreya | Jinan | China | 20 m | 29 m total height | 2008 | ||
Yaowanggu Dafo | Bhaisajyaguru | Mianyang | China | 20 m | 2010 | |||
Statue of Mao in the Chongqing Medical University | Mao Zedong | Chongqing | China | 20 m | Stands over a 17.5 m pedestal. 37.4 m (122.8 ft) total monument height | 2008 | ||
Guan Yin of the South Sea | Guanyin | Putuo Shan island, Shanghai | China | 20 m (65.5 ft) | upon a 13 m pedestal. 33 m (108 ft) total height | 1997 | 29°58′35.03″N 122°23′22.13″E / 29.9763972°N 122.3894806°E | |
Monument to the Battle of Chacabuco | Victory on the Battle of Chacabuco | Colina | Chile | 20 m | 1971 | [76] | ||
Kartlis Deda (Mother Georgia) | Mother Georgia | Tbilisi | Georgia | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 1958 | 41°41′17″N 44°48′17″E / 41.68806°N 44.80472°E | ||
Christ Statue | Jesus | El Picacho city park; Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 20 m (65.5 ft) | over a 12 m pedestal | 1997 | ||
Kun Iam statue | Guanyin | Macau | 20 m (65.5 ft) | with a 7 m pedestal, 27 m (88 ft) final height | 1999 | 22°11′08″N 113°33′07″E / 22.185686°N 113.551880°E | ||
Mevlana Statue | Rumi | Izmir, Turkey | Turkey | 20 m (65.5 ft) | With its foundation it's 25 metres high. There is a cafe below the statue. Work of the sculptor Eray Okkan | 2003 | 38°23′30.45″N 27°10′36.43″E / 38.3917917°N 27.1767861°E | |
Christ of Havana | Jesus | La Habana | Cuba | 20 m (65.5 ft) | with a 3 m pedestal. 23 m (75 ft) total height | 1958 | ||
Hanuman in New Delhi | Hanuman | Jhandewalan, New Delhi | India | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 28°38′42″N 77°11′53″E / 28.64496°N 77.197924°E | |||
Tenjiku Torai Daikannon | Kannon | Takaichi District, Nara | Japan | 20 m | standing | 1983 | ||
Angel of the North | Angel | Gateshead, England | United Kingdom | 20 m (65.5 ft) | Work of Antony Gormley | 1998 | 54°54′51″N 1°35′22″W / 54.91417°N 1.58944°W | |
Dream, by Jaume Plensa | Girl's head with eyes closed | St Helens, Merseyside, England | United Kingdom | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 2009 | 53°24′36″N 2°43′19.92″W / 53.41000°N 2.7222000°W | ||
Guardian of the Valleys[77] | Welsh miner | Six Bells Colliery | United Kingdom | 20 m (65 ft) | Commemorates the 50th anniversary of the 1960 mining disaster that claimed 45 lives | 2010 | ||
Mansudae Grand Monument | Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il (added 2012) | Pyongyang | North Korea | 20 m (65.5 ft) | Kim Il Sung remodeled in 2012 with an older appearance | 1972 | 39°1′55.26″N 125°45′10.89″E / 39.0320167°N 125.7530250°E | |
Cristo de Las Mesas | Jesus | San Ignacio, Sinaloa | Mexico | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 2005 | 23°56′31″N 106°25′34″W / 23.941845°N 106.42603°W | ||
Goddess A-Ma | Mazu | Coloane | Macau | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 1998 | 22°07′26″N 113°33′51″E / 22.123810°N 113.564240°E | ||
Christ of the Ozarks | Jesus | Eureka Springs, Arkansas | United States | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 1966 | 36°24′24.87″N 93°43′23.41″W / 36.4069083°N 93.7231694°W | ||
Shiva at Kemp Fort | Shiva | Bangalore | India | 20 m (65.5 ft) | This is the sixth tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in the World (This is the fifth tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in India) | |||
Lapu-Lapu shrine | Lapu-Lapu | Mactan Island, Cebu | Philippines | 20 m (65.5 ft) | 10°18′39″N 124°0′55″E / 10.31083°N 124.01528°E | |||
Milesi Maitreya Big Buddha | Maitreya | Mile City | China | 19.99 m | 1999 | |||
Ganesha temple | Panchamukhi Ganesha | Bangalore | India | 19,77;m(63 ft) | Sitting on Temple | 2010 | ||
The Sanjuanote | John the Baptist | San Juan de los Morros | Venezuela | 19.8 m (62.3 ft) | 1935 | 9°54′45″N 67°21′18″W / 9.91250°N 67.35500°W | ||
Beacon Of Hope | Lady with "The Ring of Thanksgiving" | Belfast | United Kingdom | 19.5 m | Built of stainless steel and cast bronze, she spirals upwards and holds aloft "the ring of thanksgiving" | 2007 | 54°35′58″N 5°55′17″W / 54.59944°N 5.92139°W | |
Luang Pho Tho | Gautama Buddha | Ayutthaya | Thailand | 19 m | [78] | 1334 | ||
The Great Buddha of Shurakuen | Amitabha | Tōkai, Aichi | Japan | 18.8 m (61.68 ft) | Built of reinforced concrete by a businessman from Nagoya, Mr. Saikichi Yamada. It commemorates the marriage of Emperor Showa. | 1927 | ||
Koyasu Daishi | Kūkai | Gamagōri, Aichi | Japan | 18.8 m | standing, total height 30 m | 1938 | ||
Shiva at Bhanjanagar Reservoir | Shiva | Bhanjanagar | India | 18.6 m (61 ft) | This is the seventh tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in the World (This is the sixth tallest Statue of Lord Shiva in India) | 2013 | ||
Bavaria | Patron saint of the Bavarian homeland | Theresienwiese, Munich | Germany | 18.52 m (60.9 ft) | 27.44 m (90 ft) total monument height (with 8.92 m pedestal) | 1850 | 48°7′49″N 11°32′45″E / 48.13028°N 11.54583°E | |
Faro della Vittoria (Victory Lighthouse) | Winged Victory | Parco della Rimembranza (Remembrance Park of World War I), Turin | Italy | 18.5 m (60.7 ft) | 26.5 m (86.94 ft) total monument height (with 8 m pedestal); It's a lighthouse, working regularly, on the top of Maddalena Hill | 1928 | 45°3′29.92″N 7°41′26″E / 45.0583111°N 7.69056°E | |
Saifukuji Benzaiten | Saraswati | Kagoshima | Japan | 18.5 m | sitting | 2000 | ||
Tongnan Dafo | Gautama | Tongnan County | China | 18.43 m | 1151[79] | |||
Mount Rushmore Monument | George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Theodore Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln | Mount Rushmore, South Dakota | United States | 18.3 m (60 ft) | The height is of each one's head. | 1941 | 43°52′44.21″N 103°27′35.37″W / 43.8789472°N 103.4598250°W | |
Praying Hands | Praying Hands | Tulsa, Oklahoma | United States | 18.2 m (60 ft) | Oral Roberts University | 1980 | 36°3′7.47″N 95°57′23.77″W / 36.0520750°N 95.9566028°W | |
Stephen F. Austin | Stephen F. Austin | Angleton, Texas | United States | 18.2 m (60 ft) | 2006 | |||
Eunjin Mireuk | Maitreya | Nonsan | South Korea | 18.12 m | 968 | |||
Long Live the Victory of Mao Zedong Thought | Mao Zedong | Shenyang | China | 18 m (59 ft) | 1970 | 41°47′48.6″N 123°24′37.6″E / 41.796833°N 123.410444°E | ||
Buddha Statue of Hyderabad | Gautama Buddha | Lake Hussain Sagar, Hyderabad | India | 18 m (59 ft) | World's tallest monolith of Gautama Buddha | 1992 | 17°24′56″N 78°28′30″E / 17.4155°N 78.475°E | |
Gomateswara | Bahubali | Sravanabelagola, Karnataka | India | 18 m (59 ft) | It's the tallest free–standing monolithic statue in the world.[80] | 983 | ||
Hanuman | Hanuman | Puttaparthi, Andhra Pradesh | India | 18 m (59 ft) | Found on top of the Vidya Giri Hill overlooking the Sri Sathya Sai International Hillview Stadium.[80] | 1985 | ||
Gundam statue | Gundam | Odaiba, Tokyo | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | 2009 | |||
Tetsujin 28 statue | Tetsujin 28 | Shin Nagata, Kobe | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | Built to commemorate the Great Hanshin Earthquake [81] | 2010 | ||
Hotei Daibutsu | Bhaisajyaguru | Kōnan, Aichi | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | sitting | 1954 | ||
Ikituki Daigyoran Kannon | Kannon | Kitamatsuura District, Nagasaki | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | Half body statue, total height 21 m | 1980 | ||
Kachigawa Ōkōbō | Kūkai | Kasugai, Aichi | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | standing | 1928 | ||
Myōchiin Jūichimen Kanzeon Bosatsu | Kannon | Higashimatsuura District, Saga | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | standing | recent | ||
Nagasaki Kannon | Kannon | Nagasaki | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | standing, total 35m | 1979 | ||
Ōushikani | Ōushikani[82] | Hino District, Tottori | Japan | 18 m (59 ft) | sitting, total height 26 m | 1996 | ||
Monument of Our Lady of the Rosary of Chiquinquirá | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Maracaibo | Venezuela | 18 m (59 ft) | 2004 | 10°38′33″N 71°36′43″W / 10.64250°N 71.61194°W | ||
Koufuku Jizo | Ksitigarbha | Sado, Niigata | Japan | 17.5 m | standing | 1983 | ||
Longmen Grottoes big buddha | Buddha Vairocana | Luoyang | China | 17.14 m | sitting | 675 | ||
Vulcan statue | Vulcan (mythology) | Birmingham, Alabama | United States | 17.1 m (56 ft) | On Red Mountain, source of Birmingham's iron ore. World's largest cast iron statue. | 1904 | 33°29′30.18″N 86°47′43.86″W / 33.4917167°N 86.7955167°W | |
Hanuman Veera Hanuman | Anjaneya Swaami | Kondagattu, Karimnagar | India | 17.06 m (56 ft) | standing | |||
Statue of Padre Cícero | Padre Cícero | Juazeiro do Norte | Brazil | 17 m (55.7 ft) | With a base of 10 m. 27 m (88.6 ft) total monument height. | 1969 | 7°10′47″S 39°19′48″W / 7.17972°S 39.33000°W | |
Guangyousi Dafo | Gautama Buddha | Liaoyang | China | 17 m | 21.48m total height | 2004 | ||
Yungang Grottoes big buddha | Gautama Buddha | Datong | China | 17 m | sitting | 524 | ||
Echizen Daibutsu | Vairocana | Katsuyama, Fukui | Japan | 17 m | 1987 | |||
Fukusenji Jūichimen Kannon | Kannon | Tōno, Iwate | Japan | 17 m | 1965 | |||
Gokoku Kannon | Kannon | Chichibu, Saitama | Japan | 17 m | standing | 1936 | ||
Jyubu Heiwa Kannon | Kannon | Kitakyushu | Japan | 17 m | standing | 1966 | ||
Ureshino Joju Kannon | Kannon | Fujitsu District, Saga | Japan | 17 m | standing | 1983 | ||
Jolly Green Giant | Jolly Green Giant | Blue Earth, Minnesota | United States | 16.764 m (55 ft) | 1979 | 43°39′02″N 94°5′46″W / 43.65056°N 94.09611°W |
Up to 16 metres
Statue | Depicts | Location | Country | Height | Notes | Completed | Coordinates | Photo |
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Monument of the Holy Mother of God | Mary | Haskovo, Haskovo Province | Bulgaria | 16 m (52.48 ft) | Stands on a 17 m tall pedestal. 33 m (108.24 ft) total height.[83] | 2003 | 41°55′42.33″N 25°33′16.02″E / 41.9284250°N 25.5544500°E | |
Dule Temple Guanyin | Guanyin | Ji County, Tianjin | China | 16 m | about 649[84] | |||
Huayansi Jinfo | Gautama Buddha | Chongqing | China | 16 m | 2011 | |||
Statue of Notre-Dame de France | Mary | Le-Puy-en-Velay, Auvergne | France | 16 m (52.48 ft) | Stands on a 6.70 m tall pedestal. 22.70 m Total Height. | 1860 | 45°02′50″N 3°53′07″E / 45.047288°N 3.8852°E | |
Saian Kōbō Daishi | Kūkai | Matsuyama, Ehime | Japan | 16 m | standing | recent | ||
Buduruvagala | Gautama Buddha | Wellawaya, | Sri Lanka | 16 m (52.48 ft) | 10th century | 6°41′13″N 81°04′42″E / 6.686944°N 81.078333°E | ||
Phra Si Sakkaya Thotsaphonlayan Prathan Phutthamonthon Suthat | Gautama Buddha | Phutthamonthon, Nakhon Pathom Province | Thailand | 15.875 m | [85] | 1981 | ||
Lux Mundi | Jesus Christ | Monroe, Ohio | United States | 15.8 m (52 ft) | Designed by Tom Tsuchiya | 2012 | 39°27′13.78″N 84°19′35.37″W / 39.4538278°N 84.3264917°W | |
Shri Bhaktha Anjaneyar | Anjaneyar – Bhaktha Anjaneyar | Vedasandur, Dindigul Dist | India | 15.544 m (51 ft) | [86] | 2008 | ||
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Bathinda | India | 15.24 m | ? | ? | Picture | |
Kamay ni Hesus | Jesus Christ | Lucban, Quezon | Philippines | 15.24 m (50 ft) | ||||
Buddha of Chua Linh-Son Buddhist Temple | Buddha | Santa Fe, Texas | United States | 15.24 m | ? | ? | ||
Divine Mercy Shrine | Christ the Divine Mercy | El Salvador City, Misamis Oriental | Philippines | 15.24 m (50 ft) | The Tallest Divine Mercy Statue in the world | 2008 | ||
Brachiosaurus at The Children's Museum of Indianapolis | Brachiosaurus standing on rear legs, peering into roof of the Museum | Indianapolis, Indiana | United States | 15.24 m (50 ft) | Tallest brachiosaurus statue in the world[87] | 2009 | ||
Estatua de la República | Cuba | Havana city | Cuba | 15 m | The statue stands on a plinth 2.5 m (8¼ ft) tall bringing the total height to 17.54 m (55¼ ft). Bronze cast with gold plating | 1929 | ||
Birushana Nyorai Buddha of Tōdai-ji | Buddha – Vairocana | Nara city | Japan | 15 m | The body of the statue was reconstructed in 1185, and the head rebuilt in 1692 | 752 | ||
Big Merino | Merino ram | Goulburn | Australia | 15 m (49.2 ft) | Moved 2007 to a new site in Goulburn. | 1985 | 34°46′21″S 149°41′29″E / 34.772585°S 149.691451°E | |
Rear to front | Worker passing sword to warrior | Magnitogorsk | USSR | 15 m (49.2 ft) | Part of triptych with Soviet War Memorial (Treptower Park) and The Motherland Calls | 1979 | 53°24′26″N 58°59′33″E / 53.40722°N 58.99255°E | |
Lenin statue | Vladimir Lenin | Dubna | USSR | 15 m (49.2 ft) | Stands on a 10 m pedestal. Second tallest Lenin statue in the world | 1937 | 56°44′0″N 37°09′0″E / 56.73333°N 37.15000°E | |
Statue of Liberty (Mytilene) | Lady Liberty | Mytilene | Greece | 15 m (47 ft) | Height includes marble pedestal | 1930 | 39°6′20.2″N 26°33′48.2″E / 39.105611°N 26.563389°E | |
Virxe da Rocha | Virgin Mary | Baiona, Galicia | Spain | 15 m (49.2 ft) | 1930 | |||
Trees of Mystery | Paul Bunyan | Klamath, California | United States | 14.9 m (49.2 ft) | 1961 | 41°35′01″N 124°05′10″W / 41.58361°N 124.08611°W | ||
Black Hawk Statue | "The Eternal Indian" (Native American) | Lowden State Park near Oregon, Illinois | United States | 14.6 m (48 ft) | 1911 | 42°2′03″N 89°19′59″W / 42.03417°N 89.33306°W | ||
45ft Sri Abhaya Anjaneeya Swamy | Hanuman | Hanuman Junction -Epuru, Near Railway Flyover | India | 14.5 m (45 ft) | Tallest Hanuman in Hanuman Junction | 2015 | ||
Warrior on a Horse statue | Alexander the Great | Skopje | Macedonia | 14.5 m (40 ft) | Stands on top of a 10 m base. 24.5 m total monument height[88] | 2011 | 41°35′41″N 21°25′54″E / 41.594604°N 21.431698°E | |
San Cristobal Hill Virgin | Mary | Santiago | Chile | 14 m (46 ft) | Stands upon an 8 m pedestal. 22.30 m (73.16 ft) total monument height | 1908 | 33°25′30.5″S 70°37′58.46″W / 33.425139°S 70.6329056°W | |
Great Matzu in Fujian | Mazu | Meizhou Island, Fujian | China | 14 m (46 ft) | 1990[89] | 25°05′22″N 119°08′30″E / 25.089486°N 119.14175°E | ||
Our Lady of Lourdes | Mary | Paraparaumu | New Zealand | 14 m (46 ft) | ||||
The Victor (Pobednik) | Warrior | Kalemegdan, Belgrade | Serbia | 14 m (46 ft) | ||||
Liberty Statue in Budapest | Lady Liberty | Gellért Hill, Budapest | Hungary | 14 m (46 ft) | Stands on a 26 m (85 ft) pedestal, total height 40 m (131 ft). | 1947 | 47°29′11″N 19°02′53″E / 47.486389°N 19.048056°E | |
The Brownhills Miner | Miner statue | Brownhills, West Midlands | United Kingdom | 14 m (46 ft) | Created by sculptor John McKenna, fabricated in stainless steel. Official nickname for the colossal statue is Jigger | 2006 | 52°38′54″N 1°56′08″W / 52.648361°N 1.935463°W | |
Gifu Great Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Gifu | Japan | 13.7 m (44.9 ft) | 1832 | |||
Kamakura Daibutsu | Buddha – Amitabha | Kamakura, Kanagawa | Japan | 13.5 m | Second largest bronze Buddha statue in Japan[90] | 1252 | 35°19′0.59″N 139°32′8.48″E / 35.3168306°N 139.5356889°E | |
The Keeper of the Plains | Native American | Wichita, Kansas | United States | 13.4 m (44 ft) | Stands upon a 30 ft rock promontory | 1974 | 37°41′29″N 97°20′59″W / 37.69139°N 97.34972°W | |
Athena Parthenos | Athena | Nashville, Tennessee | United States | 12.75 m (40.83 ft) | Created by sculptor Alan LeQuire. Housed in Nashville's full-scale replica of the Parthenon. The largest indoor sculpture in the Western world.[91] | unveiled in 1990, gilded in 2002 | 36°08′59″N 86°48′49″W / 36.14972°N 86.81361°W | |
Borba Gato Statue | Manuel de Borba Gato | São Paulo | Brazil | 12.3 m (40 ft) | 1963 | |||
Statue of Mao in Chengdu | Mao Zedong | Chengdu, China | China | 12.26 m (40.2 ft) | Total monument height: 30 m (98.4 ft) | (1966–1976) | 30°39′40.05″N 104°3′48.21″E / 30.6611250°N 104.0633917°E | |
Avukana Buddha | Gautama Buddha | Kekirawa, | Sri Lanka | 12.2 m (40 ft) | 470 | |||
Yuri Gagarin monument | Yuri Gagarin | Moscow | USSR | 12.1 m (40 ft) | Stands on a 27.5 m (90 ft) pedestal, total height 40 m | 1980 | ||
Our Lady of Peace Shrine | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Pine Bluffs, Wyoming | United States | 12 m (40 ft) | Stands on a base of 3 m (10 ft)[92] | 1998 | 41°10′56″N 104°3′13″W / 41.18222°N 104.05361°W | |
Glooscap | Mi'kmaq legend | Truro,_Nova_Scotia | Canada | 12 m (40 ft) | 2005 | |||
Burning Man | The Man | Black Rock City, Nevada | United States | 12 m (40 ft) | Base heights vary resulting in total heights from 12 m (40 ft) to 32 m (104 ft) | 1989 | 40°46′9″N 119°13′12″W / 40.76917°N 119.22000°W | |
Willow Man | Bridgwater, Somerset | United Kingdom | 12 m | 51°9′1.66″N 2°58′52.32″W / 51.1504611°N 2.9812000°W | ||||
Vision of Peace | Native American | City Hall, St Paul, Minnesota | United States | 11.6 m (38 ft) | 1936 | |||
William Penn (Calder) | William Penn | Philadelphia City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania | United States | 11.3 m (37.29 ft) | The tallest statue upon any building in the world.[93] | 1894 | ||
Monument Statue Aerospace (Patung Monumen Dirgantara) | Spaceman | Pancoran, Jakarta | Indonesia | 11 m | Standing 27 metres tall pedestal. Total height 38 m | 1965 | ||
Victory on Slavín | Bratislava, Bratislava District | Slovakia | 11 m[94] | 1960 | 48°09′14″N 17°05′59″E / 48.15389°N 17.09972°E | |||
Mounagiri Hanuman | Abhaya Hastha Hanuman | Anantapur, andhrapradesh | India | 11 m (36 ft) | It's the South India tallest monolithic statue located at Mounagiri Global Trust. | 2010 | ||
Iron Man | Iron Miner | Chisholm, Minnesota | United States | 10.9 m (36 ft) | Stands on a base that raises the statue up to 26 m (85 ft)[95] see article | 1987 | 47°28′53″N 92°53′46″W / 47.48139°N 92.89618°W | |
Portlandia | Portland, Oregon | United States | 10.62 m (34 ft 10 in) | Second-largest copper repoussé statue in the United States, after the Statue of Liberty[96] | 1985 | 45°30′56″N 122°40′45″W / 45.51556°N 122.67917°W | ||
King Neptune | Neptune | Virginia Beach, Virginia | United States | 10.4 m (34 ft) | 2005 | 36°51′35″N 75°58′39″W / 36.85972°N 75.97750°W | ||
Our Lady of Peace | Virgin Mary | New Castle, Delaware | United States | 10.4 m (34 ft) | 2000 | |||
Archbishop Makarios III | Makarios III | Troodos Mountains, formerly Nicosia | Cyprus | 10 m (33 ft) | [97] | 1987 | ||
Mazinger Z | Mazinger Z | El Pla de Santa Maria, Tarragona | Spain | 10 m (33 ft) | 1976 | 41°22′58″N 1°19′44″E / 41.38278°N 1.32889°E | ||
Tito statue | Josip Broz Tito | Velenje | Slovenia | 10 m (33 ft) | 1977 | 46°21′33″N 15°6′51″E / 46.35917°N 15.11417°E | ||
Siva | Koneswaram temple | Trincomalee | Sri Lanka | 9.8 m (32 ft) | Sri Lanka’s tallest Hindu statue[98] | 2012 | ||
Viswaroopa Bhakta Anjaneya | Viswaroopa Hanuman | Nanganallur, Chennai | India | 9.8 m (32 ft) | 1989 | 12°58′31″N 80°11′32″E / 12.97528°N 80.19222°E | ||
Christ the Redeemer | Christ the Redeemer | Klin, Námestovo District | Slovakia | 9.5 m[99] | 2008[100] | 49°27′12″N 19°28′59″E / 49.45333°N 19.48306°E | ||
Kubereshwar Mahadev | ShivaStatue | baroda, Gujarat | India | 9.45 m (30 ft) | Second Tall Statue In baroda,Gujrat | 2008 | ||
Monument à la République | Marianne | Paris | France | 9.5 m (30 ft) | Stands on a 15,50 m pedestal. 25 m Total Height | 1883 | ||
Statue of Mary | Mary | Rome, Region of Lazio | Italy | 9.5 m (30 ft) | [101] | 2010 | ||
Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial | Martin Luther King, Jr. | Washington, District of Columbia | United States | 9.5 m (30 ft) | [102] | 2011 | ||
The Statue of the Sentinel of Freedom | Lapu-Lapu | Teodoro F. Valencia Circle, Rizal Park in Manila | Philippines | 9.5 m (30 ft) | Monument stands on a 3 m (10 ft) pedestal. Total height is 12.1 m (40 ft)[103] see article | 2004 | 14°34′57.46″N 120°58′42.85″E / 14.5826278°N 120.9785694°E | |
Kuan Yin statue | Guanyin | Seremban, Negeri Sembilan | Malaysia | 9.1 m[104] | 2011 | |||
Muse of Missouri | Kansas City, Missouri | United States | 9.1 m | 1961 | 39°06′14″N 94°34′59″W / 39.10389°N 94.58306°W | |||
Johnny Kaw | Johnny Kaw | Manhattan, Kansas | United States | 9.1 m (30 ft) | [105] | 1955 | 39°18′02″N 96°57′36″W / 39.30056°N 96.96000°W | |
Nelson Mandela | Nelson Mandela | Union Buildings, Pretoria | South Africa | 9 m[106] | Took place of staue of JBM Hertzog[106] | 2013 | ||
Jan Žižka Statue | Jan Žižka on horse | Praha, Praha District | Czech Republic | 9 m[107] | 1950 | 50°05′18″N 14°26′56″E / 50.08833°N 14.44889°E | ||
Fisher Girl Statue | near Zhuhai, Province of Guangdong | China | 8.7 m (28.5 ft) | [108] | 1982 | 22°15′55.35″N 113°34′59.8″W / 22.2653750°N 113.583278°W | ||
Our Lady of Lebanon Statue | Mary (mother of Jesus) | Basilique of Harissa, Harissa | Lebanon | 8.5 m | 1907 | |||
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Nrusinghanath Temple, Bargarh, Odisha | India | 8.5 m (28 ft) | 2010 | |||
Hercules Monument | Hercules | Kassel, Hesse | Germany | 8.25 m (27.06 ft) | Total height 70.5 m, 32.65m for the Octagon; 29.60m for the Pyramid and 8.25m for the Statue itself | 1717 | 51°18′57.6″N 9°23′34.8″E / 51.316000°N 9.393000°E | |
Neelkanth Varni (Swaminarayan as Teenage Yogi) | Neelkanth Varni | BAPS Swaminarayan Akshardham, New Delhi | India | 8.23 m (27 ft) | A beautiful 27 ft. high bronze murti (Statue) of Neelkanth Varni stands in a determined pose. | 2005 | 28°36′41.0″N 77°16′43.5″E / 28.611389°N 77.278750°E | |
El Cristo Redentor | La Cumbre Pass | Argentina/Chile | 8 m (26.3 ft) | [109] | 1904 | 32°49′30.6″S 70°4′14.8″W / 32.825167°S 70.070778°W | ||
Cristo Blanco (White Christ) | Jesus | Cusco, Cusco Province | Peru | 8 m (26.3 ft) | 1945 | |||
Monumento al Sagrado Corazón de Jesús | Jesus | San Juan de Aznalfarache, Sevilla | Spain | 8 m (26.3 ft) | 41 m | 1948 | 37°21′56.11″N 6°1′37.16″W / 37.3655861°N 6.0269889°W | |
Map the Miner | Kapunda, South Australia | Australia | 7 m (23 ft) | Originally 1988 Rebuilt 2007 | 34°21′7.56″S 138°54′24.12″E / 34.3521000°S 138.9067000°E | |||
Colossal Statue of Shapur I in Shapur cave | Shapur I | Bishapur, Fars | Iran | 7 m (23 ft) | On a 1300 m mountain, in a large cave[110] | About 270 (Sasanids era) | 29°46′40″N 51°34′15″E / 29.77778°N 51.57083°E | |
Standing Buddha in Gal Vihara | Buddha | Polonnaruwa, North Central Province | Sri Lanka | 7 m (23 ft) | [111] | |||
Statue of Avalokitesvara in Xiangguo Temple | Guanyin | Kaifeng, Province of Henan | China | 7 m (23 ft) | [112] | 1736–1794 | ||
Statue of Shirdi Sai in Nemli | Shirdi Sai | Nemli, Andhra Pradesh | India | 7 m (23 ft) | [113] | 2011 | ||
Ad Astra | Kansa Native American | Topeka, Kansas | United States | 6.8 m (22.2 ft) | Stands atop the Kansas State Capitol dome at 94 m (304 ft)[114] | 2002 | 39°2′52.83″N 95°40′41.36″W / 39.0480083°N 95.6781556°W | |
Statue of Vercingétorix by Aimé Millet | Vercingétorix | Alise-Sainte-Reine | France | 6.60 m (22 ft) | Stands on a 7 m pedestal. 13.60 m Total Height | 1865 | ||
Rocky and Bullwinkle Statue | Los Angeles, California | United States | 6 m (20 ft) | [115] | 1961 | |||
Statue of Dying Buddha | Buddha | Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh | India | 6 m (20 ft) | [116] | |||
Hanuman Statue | Hanuman | Biramitrapur, Sundergarh, Odisha | India | 6 m (20 ft) | 2011 | |||
Statue of Freedom | Freedom | Washington, District of Columbia | United States | 6 m (19.5 ft) | [117] | 1863 | 38°53′24″N 77°0′32.4″W / 38.89000°N 77.009000°W | |
Lord Anjaneyar Statue, Namakkal | Hanuman | Namakkal, Tamil Nadu | India | 5.5 metres (18 ft) | More Than 1500 Years Old | 11°13′20.1936″N 78°9′45.0072″E / 11.222276000°N 78.162502000°E | ||
Three Dikgosi Monument | Khama III of the Bangwato, Sebele I of the Bakwena, and Bathoen I of the Bangwaketse | Gaborone | Botswana | 5.4 metres (18 ft) | [118] | 2005 | 24°38′41″S 25°54′26″E / 24.64486°S 25.90735°E | |
Statue of David | David | Florence, Tuscany | Italy | 5.17 metres (17.0 ft) | 1504 | 43°46′36.13″N 11°15′34.02″E / 43.7767028°N 11.2594500°E | ||
Colossus of Barletta | Eastern Roman Emperor | Barletta, Apulia | Italy | 5.11 metres (16.8 ft) | possibly second half 5th century AD | 41°19′9.45″N 16°16′53.34″E / 41.3192917°N 16.2814833°E | ||
Cristo Rei da Ponta do Garajau | Jesus Christ | Caniço (Santa Cruz) | Portugal | 5 m (16.4 ft) | Elev. 336 ft | 1927 | 32°38′17.43″N 16°51′01.65″W / 32.6381750°N 16.8504583°W | |
Statue of Lenin | Vladimir Ilyich Lenin | Seattle, Washington | United States | 5 m (16.4 ft) | 1988 | 47°39′4.88″N 122°21′3.28″W / 47.6513556°N 122.3509111°W | ||
Theodore Roosevelt Island National Memorial | Theodore Roosevelt | Washington, District of Columbia | United States | 5 m (16.4 ft) | 1967 | 38°53′50.74″N 77°3′50.19″W / 38.8974278°N 77.0639417°W | ||
Destroyed
- Afghanistan, Great Buddha of Bamiyan; Vairocana Buddha; Bamiyan Province. 55 m (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
- Afghanistan, Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; Gautama Buddha; Bamiyan province. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 507 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
- Italy, Colossus of Nero (later renamed as Colossus Solis); Rome. 36 m (120 ft). Completed in 75 with unknown date of destruction.
- France, The Cosmoplanetary Messiah; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001.[119]
- Croatia, Monument to the victory of the people of Slavonia; Požega-Slavonia County. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 1968 and destroyed in 1992. It was once the biggest abstract sculpture in the World.[120]
- Greece, Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed by earthquake in 226 BC.
- Japan, Biwako Great Buddha; Buddha Amitabha standing; Nagahama, Shiga 27 m completed in 1937 and broken in 1992.
- Mongolia, Statue of Avalokiteśvara Buddha; Ulan Bator. 26.5 m (80 ft). Completed in 1913 and destroyed in 1937. Rebuilt in 1996.
- Japan, Beppu Daibutsu; Buddha Amitabha sitting; Beppu, Ōita, Japan. 24 m. Completed in 1927 and broken in 1989.
- Japan, Hōkō-ji (Kyoto) Daibutsu; Buddha Vairocana sitting; Kyoto. 20 m. Completed in 1595 and destroyed by earthquake in 1596.
- United States, King of Kings Jesus Statue, Monroe, Ohio. 19 m (62 ft) Completed in 2004, destroyed in 2010 by lightning strike and fire.
- United States, Statue of the Republic World's Columbian Exposition of 1893, Chicago, Illinois. 20 m (65 ft) Completed in 1893, destroyed in 1894.A one-third scale replica stands in Jackson Park, near the original site of the statue.
- China, Dahui Temple Dafo; Guanyin; Beijing. 18 m. Completed in 1513 and destroyed during Japanese Occupation 1943–45.[121]
- Czechoslovakia, Stalin's Monument in Prague. 15.5 m (51 ft), stood on some 15 m (49 ft) pedestal. Completed in 1955, destroyed in 1962.
- Turkey, Statue of Artemis, Temple of Artemis, Ephesus. 15 m (49 ft). Completed in c. 550 BC and destroyed in 156 BC.
- Greece, Statue of Zeus at Olympia; Olympia, Peloponnese region. 12 m (39 ft). Completed in 432 BC and destroyed in 475 AD.
- China, Goddess of Democracy; Beijing. 10 m (33 ft). Completed and destroyed in 1989.
- Chile, Paro, Rapa Nui. 9.8 m (32 ft). Completed between circa 1250 CE and 1500 CE. See also Moai Paro.
- Greece, Statue of Athena Parthenos, Parthenon, Athens. 9 m (33 ft). Completed in 438 BC and destroyed in the 5th century AD.[122]
- Thailand, Kshitigarbha; Hatyai. 9 m (33 ft).
- Czechoslovakia, Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Považská Bystrica. 8.70 m (28.5 ft).[123] Completed on Sunday 5 May 1940[124] and destroyed on Monday 5 December 1955.[125]
- Italy, Colossus of Constantine, c. 312–315 AD, originally in the Basilica of Maxentius, now in the courtyard of the Palazzo dei Conservatori, Capitoline Museums, Rome. The most famous of several colossal depictions of Roman emperor Constantine the Great.
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Fragments of the Colossus of Constantine, Rome.
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Bronze Colossus of Constantine, Rome.
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The Great Buddha of Bamiyan.
Planned / in progress
- India Statue of Shivaji; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 190 m (624ft).[126]
- India Statue of Unity (depicts Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel); Sadhu Bet riverbed, Gujarat, India.[127] 182 m (597 ft).
- United States Crazy Horse Memorial (depicts Crazy Horse); Black Hills, South Dakota, United States. 172 m (564 ft) when completed.
- Indonesia Garuda Wisnu Kencana (depicts Garuda); Vishnu; Bukit Peninsula, Bali, Indonesia. 146 m (479 ft) height with its wing span 64 metres across.[128]
- Puerto Rico Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Arecibo, Puerto Rico.[129] 110 m (362 ft).
- China Bodhisattva Manjusri statue;Jiangbei District, Chongqing, China. 108 m.
- China Padmasambhava statue;Ngawa Prefecture, Sichuan, China. 108 m.[130]
- Philippines Monte Maria Statue (depicts Blessed Virgin Mary; Tagaytay,Philippines.[131] 101 m(331.4 ft).
- China Maitreya Buddha;Nanchong, China. 99 m carving.[132]
- China Emperor Yao statue; Gaoyou, China. 99 m.[133]
- China Lutian Ruyi Guanyin statue; Suzhou, China. 88 m.[134]
- China Wufang Dafo (depicts Five Dhyani Buddhas), Qinhuangdao, China. 81 m carving.
- Indonesia Noah Statue; North Sumatra, Indonesia. 80 m (262.5 ft).
- Myanmar Laykyun Setkyar Sitting Buddha Statue; Monywa, Sagaing Division, Myanmar. 74 m (242 ft).[135]
- China Yangshan Dafo (depicts Gautama);Urad Rear Banner, Inner Mongolia, China. 69 m.[136]
- China Bodhidharma statue; Nanjing, China. 68 m.[137]
- United Kingdom Waking the Dragon (bronze dragon on pedestal); Wrexham, Wales, United Kingdom. 64 m (210 ft).
- Shree Adhbhutnath Mahadev Shiva; Statue 201 ft+ city – Delhi, India. 61.26 m (201 ft) In progress by Indian Artist Murtikar Chandulal Verma.
- Taiwan Zheng Chenggong Dashenxiang riding horse statue at Chiayi County, Taiwan. 198 ft.[138]
- Greece New Colossus of Rhodes (titan Helios); Helios, island of Rhodes, Greece. 60 m to 100 m
- Bhutan Buddha Dordenma (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu, Bhutan. 51 m (169 ft).
- China Jiangtaishan Dafo (planning depicts Maitreya Buddha sitting), Hangzhou, China. 50 m carving.[139]
- United Kingdom The White Horse at Ebbsfleet; Kent, England. 50 m (160 ft)
- India Maitreya Project (depicts Maitreya); Bodh Gaya, Bihar, India. 45 m (150 ft).[140]
- Croatia Jesus Christ statue, Marijan Hill, Split. 41 m (134.5 ft).
- Malaysia Goddess Mazu statue; Kudat, Borneo Island, Malaysia. 36 m (118 ft).
- India God Basaveshwara statue; Bishma Lake, Gadag, Karnataka, India. 33.8 m (111 ft).[141]
- China Sanxiaoliangliang statue (depicts zh:三霄娘娘); Huoqiu, China. 33 m.[142]
- Slovakia Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Prešov, Prešov District. 33 m (108 ft).[143] The statue should start building in about 2012.[144]
- Mauritius Statue of Durga Maa Bhavani at Ganga Talao lake shrine, Mauritius. 33 m (108 ft).
- India Statue of Sai Baba, Repur, Kakinada, Andhra Pradesh, India. 30.5 m (100 ft).[145]
- India Statue of Buddha (Lord Buddha ); Buddha, village Hatyal Tal. Basavkalyan Ditts.Bidar State Karnataka, India.30 m (97 ft).
- Mongolia Statue of Maitreya Buddha; Dashi-Choling monastery, Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 24.5 m (80 ft). To be restored with the temple.
- Mongolia Statue of Buddha; city Erdenet, Mongolia. 17 m (56 ft) not including the temple. 22 m (72 ft) including the temple. In progress.
See also
- List of statues
- List of the tallest statues in the United States
- List of Colossal Sculpture In Situ
- New Seven Wonders of the World
- Colossi of Memnon
- List of tallest freestanding structures in the world
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