Tallest statues of the world

The statue is a sculpture representing a three-dimensional image of a human figure, animal, and sometimes fantastic.

Most of the tallest statues of the world is in China, but Russia has its champions. Let us begin with the last place.

20. Monument to Lenin

Location: Volgograd, Russia
The total height of the monument: 57 feet
Year: 1973

The monument to Vladimir Ilyich Lenin in front of the Volga-Don canal. Listed in the Guinness Book of Records as the world's largest monument erected actually lived a man.

19. Worker and Collective Farm

Location: Moscow, Russia
The total height of the monument: 58 feet
Year: 1937

"The ideal and a symbol of the Soviet era." The famous sculpture of a group of two figures with raised above the heads of the hammer and sickle.

The idea of the sculptor, a boy and a girl, represent the owners of Soviet soil - the working class and kolkhoz peasantry.

"Worker and Collective Farm Girl" are a symbol of the film studio "Mosfilm".

18. Independence Monument

Location: Kiev, Ukraine
The total height of the monument: 61 feet
Year: 2000-2001

A monument dedicated to the independence of Ukraine. The monument is located in the center of Kiev on the Independence Square.

17. Statue of Maitreya Buddha in Leshan

Location: Leshan, China
The total height of the monument: 71 feet
Year: 713

A statue of Buddha carved in the thickness of the rock in the mountain Linyunshan confluence of three rivers in China's Sichuan province, and for over a millennium, a sculptural work of the highest in the world.

16. Statue of Guanyin in China

Location: Foshan, China
The total height of the monument: 77 feet
Year:

15. Statue of Buddha in Wuxi

Location: Wuxi, China
The total height of the monument: 88 feet
Year: 1996

It is considered the largest bronze statue in the world:

14. Statue of Buddha in Ang Thong

Location: Ang Thong, Thailand
The total height of the monument: 92 feet
Year: 2008

13. Statue of Liberty

Location: New York, USA
The total height of the monument: 93 feet
Year: 1886

She is one of the most famous sculptures in the U.S. and the world. Since opening the statue served as a navigational reference point and was used as a lighthouse.

From the crown, which you can climb the stairs of 365 steps, opens a wide view of the New York Harbor:

12. Monument to Peter I

Location: Moscow, Russia
The total height of the monument: 98 feet
Year: 1997

The work of Zurab Tsereteli, was ordered by the Government of Moscow on an artificial island, pour a division of the Moscow River. (Photo by Yuri Dmitrienko):

Then, the monument has caused almost unanimous rejection of a sector of the public and architects in connection with his appearance and lack of value for the city.

11. Statue of Guanyin with a thousand hands and eyes

Location: Changsha, China
The total height of the monument: 99 feet
Year: 2009

10. Sendai Daykannon

Location: Sendai, Japan
The total height of the monument: 100 feet
Year: 1991

Statue of Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara.

Inside the statue of the lift, where you can climb to the top.

9. The Motherland

Location: Kiev, Ukraine
The total height of the monument: 102 feet
Year: 1981

Statue "Motherland" is on the right bank of the Dnieper.

In one hand the statue holds a 16-foot sword, weighing 9 tons. (Photo by Constantine Zuev):

8. "The Motherland Calls!"

Location: Volgograd, Russia
The total height of the monument: 102 feet
Year: 1967

Monument to the Heroes of the Stalingrad Battle on Mamaev Hill. Dimensions of sculpture can be estimated from nearby people:

She was entered in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest at the time of construction of the sculpture, a statue in the world. Arm's length - 20 meters and a sword - 33 meters. Weight sculpture - 8000 tons, and the sword - 14 tons:

7. Krsta Ray

Location: Almada, Portugal
The total height of the monument: 103 feet
Year: 1959

Statue of Christ in Almada, Portugal.

Portugal did not participate in the Second World War, so women donated money to the statue of Christ, as he had saved from the death of their sons, husbands and fathers, not allowing the participation of Portugal in the hostilities.

6. Emperors Yan and Huang

Location: Zhengzhou, China
The total height of the monument: 106 feet
Year: 2007

Depicts the first two emperors of China. Construction lasted 20 years and was completed in 2007.

Five. Statue of Guanyin in Sanya

Location: Sanya, China
The total height of the monument: 108 feet
Year: 2005

Guanyin Bodhisattva portrays. Its construction took 6 years.

4. Statue of Buddha Amitabha

Location: Antennae, Japan
The total height of the monument: 120 feet
Year: 1995

The monument is located 50 kilometers northeast of Tokyo. The right hand of the statue is raised, lowered the left, both palms turned toward the observer. At the same thumb and index finger tips are connected, the other three fingers straightened. This gesture indicates that the transfer of the teachings (dharma):

3. A statue of Buddha Sakyamuni

Location: Myanmar
The total height of the monument: 130 feet
Year: 2008

Religious sculpture building, located in rural areas Khatakan-Taung. Construction began in 1996 and was completed 12 years later.

2. Victory Monument

Location: Moscow, Russia
The total height of the monument: 142 feet
Year: 1995

Stella obelisk with a bronze figure of the goddess of victory Nike.

Located in Victory Park on Poklonnaya Gora.

1. Spring Temple Buddha

Location: Leshan, China
The total height of the monument: 153 feet
Year: 2002

Plans to build the Temple of the Buddha's Spring were announced shortly after the explosion of Bamiyan Buddha statues by the Taliban in Afghanistan. Spring Temple Buddha derives its name from a nearby hot spring Tyanzhuy, the water in which the cast at 60 ° C, and the well-known in the area for its healing properties.

This is the largest statue in the world.