List of statues by height

List of statues by height

The following is a list of statues by height.

Current


Destroyed

* Great Buddha of Bamiyan; Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. 55 m (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed in 2001.
* Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 507 and destroyed in 2001.
* Colossus of Nero (later renamed as Colossus Solis); Rome, Italy. 36 m (120 ft). Completed in 75 with unknown date of destruction.
* The Cosmoplanetary Messiah; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001. [http://www.endex.com/gf/buildings/liberty/worldstatues/.%5Ccosmoplanet%5Ccosmoplanet.htm]
* Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region, Greece. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed in 226 BC.

Planned

* Crazy Horse Memorial (depicts Crazy Horse); Black Hills, South Dakota, United States. 172 m (564 ft) when completed.
* Maitreya Project (depicts Maitreya); Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, India. 152 m (500 ft). [ [http://www.maitreyaproject.org/en/project/index.html Maitreya Project ] ]
* Birth of the New World (depicts Christopher Columbus); Mayagüez, Puerto Rico. [cite web| url=http://www.primerahora.com/noticia/islaadentro/noticias/estatua_de_colon_se_muda_a_mayaguez/220018| title=Estatua de Colón se muda a Mayagüez| author=Frank Graud Carrau| publisher="Primera Hora"| language=Spanish| date=2008-08-15| accessdate=2008-08-17] 100 m (328 ft). Project in hiatus. [ [http://columbus.vanderkrogt.net/us_ne/dundalk_md.html Dundalk (Md): Columbus Monument ] ]
* Noah Statue; North Sumatra, Indonesia. 80 m (262.5 ft).
* Christ of Copoya; Tuxtla Gutierrez, Chiapas, Mexico. 62 m (203 ft).
* Buddha Dordenma (depicts Shakyamuni Buddha); Thimphu, Bhutan. 51 m (169 ft).
* Shivaji statue; Mumbai, Maharashtra, India. 48 m (159 ft) with a 45.5 m (150 ft) pedestal.
* Christ statue; Prešov, Slovakia. 33 m. (108 ft) when completed.

See also

* List of statues
* List of tallest statues in the United States

References

External links

* [http://www.archibase.net/archinews/14805.html Top 10 highest monuments - Architecture Portal News]


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