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.
* TheCosmoplanetary 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 (depictsCrazy Horse ); Black Hills,South Dakota , United States. 172 m (564 ft) when completed.
*Maitreya Project (depictsMaitreya );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 (depictsShakyamuni 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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