- List of statues
This is a list of the most famous statues worldwide, past and present.
Australia *
Dog on the Tuckerbox , five miles (8 km) from GundagaiBelgium *
Manneken Pis inBrussels
*Jeanneke Pis inBrussels , the female equivalent ofManneken Pis
*Butte du Lion ("Hillock of the Lion", "Lion's Mound") in WaterlooBolivia *
Cristo de la Concordia inCochabamba Brazil Canada Manitoba *
Louis-Riel sculpture by Miguel Joyal *The Dead Christ
*The Veiled Virgin Ontario *
Timothy Eaton statue -Royal Ontario Museum
*Henry Moore sculputures in front ofToronto City Hall andArt Gallery of Ontario
* statue ofWinston Churchill nearNathan Phillips Square ,Toronto
* statue of SirAdam Beck onUniversity Avenue inToronto * Queen's Park,
Toronto
** George Brown, one of theFathers of Confederation
** King George V moved fromDelhi ,India in 1969
** SirJohn A. Macdonald , firstPrime Minister of Canada
**John Sandfield Macdonald , firstPremier of Ontario
**William Lyon Mackenzie , leader of theUpper Canada Rebellion
** SirOliver Mowat , third Premier of Ontario
**John Graves Simcoe , firstLieutenant-Governor of Ontario
** Queen Victoria
** SirJames Pliny Whitney , sixth Premier of Ontario
**Ontario Veterans Memorial
**Queen Elizabeth II Rose Gardens in honour of Her Majesty'sSilver Jubilee in 1977 andGolden Jubilee in 2002*
Parliament Hill ,Ottawa
**Queen Victoria - located north of the West Block; sculpted byLouis-Philippe Hébert (1900)
**Alexander Mackenzie - located west of the Centre Block; sculpted by Louis-Philippe Hébert (1901)
**Henry Albert Harper / Galahad - located outside the Queen's Gates, facing Centre Block; sculpted byErnest Wise Keyser (1905)
** George Brown - located west of the Centre Block; sculpted by George William Hill (1913)
**Robert Baldwin andSir Louis-Hippolyte Lafontaine - located east of the Centre Block; sculpted byWalter Seymour Allward (1914)
**Sir Wilfrid Laurier - located south of the East Block; sculpted byJoseph-Émile Brunet (1922)
**Sir Robert Laird Borden - located west of the West Block; sculpted byFrances Loring (1957)
**Queen Elizabeth II - located east of the Centre Block; sculpted byJack Harman (1977)
**John George Diefenbaker - located north of the West Block; sculpted byLeo Mol (1985)
**Lester Bowles Pearson - located north of the West Block; sculpted byDanek Mozdzenski (1989)
**Sir George-Étienne Cartier - located west of the Centre Block; sculpted by Louis-Philippe Hébert
** The Famous Five - depicts the women's suffrage movement (Nellie McClung ,Irene Parlby ,Emily Murphy ,Louise McKinney andHenrietta Muir Edwards ); sculpted by Barbara Paterson; the monument is featured on the reverse of the current $50 banknote
**Sir John A. Macdonald - located east of the Centre Block; sculpted by Louis-Philippe Hébert
**William Lyon Mackenzie King - located north of the East Block; sculpted byRaoul Hunter
**Thomas D'Arcy McGee - located north of the Centre Block; sculpted by George William HillSaskatchewan *
Statue of Queen Elizabeth II riding Burmese
*Sir John A. Macdonald statue Ecuador *
El Panecillo Egypt
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Great Sphinx of Giza
*Nahdit Misr
*Abu Simbel
*Mostapha Kamel
*Tal'att Harb
*Sa'd Zaghlol
*Ahmad Maher
*Ibraheem Pasha France *The
Vimy Memorial , honouring Canada's role there in the First World War
*The Burghers of Calais byAuguste Rodin inCalais
*The Thinker byAuguste Rodin inParis
*The Lion of Belfort byFrédéric Bartholdi inBelfort
*Venus de Milo , ancient Greek statue in theLouvre
*Winged Victory of Samothrace , ancient Greek statue also in the Louvrede challiot of boudicia
Germany *
Hermannsdenkmal , a statue of Arminius, victor of the Battle of theTeutoburg Forest Greece *
Statue of Zeus at Olympia , one of theSeven Wonders of the Ancient World . (Relocated toConstantinopel in 393, later destroyed by fire in 462)
*Colossus of Rhodes , one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World. (destroyed by earthquake in 224 BC, and the remains sold for scrap in 656)
*Statue of Athena at Athens , was as high as a 4-story building at convert|40|ft|m.
*Poseidon of Cape Artemision
*Antikythera Ephebe
*Marathon Boy
*Charioteer of Delphi
*Hermes by Praxiteles Hong Kong * Statue of Queen Victoria at the entrance of Victoria Park [http://www.lcsd.gov.hk/parks/vp/en/index.php]
* Statue of Sir Thomas Jackson atStatue Square
* Statue ofKing George VI atHong Kong Zoological and Botanical Gardens
* Bahunia statue next toHong Kong Convention Centre
* two bronze lions at the front entrance of theHSBC HQ
* "Justice" or Greek goddessThemis on Legco BuildingLost statues in Hong Kong include:
* Statue of
Edward VII - formerly atStatue Square
* Statue ofPrince Albert - formerly atStatue Square Hungary *
Heroes' Square , Heroes' Square (Hősök tere in Hungarian) is one of the major squares of Budapest, Hungary.
*Anonymus , The statue of Anonymus, created by Miklós Ligeti in 1903, sits in front of Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest's Városliget (City Park)
*Statue Park , Szoborpark or Statue Park is a park in Budapest's XXII. district, with a gathering of monumental Soviet-era statues.
*Liberty Statue , The Szabadság Szobor or Liberty Statue (sometimes Freedom Statue) in Budapest, Hungary, was first erected in 1947 in remembrance of the Soviet liberation of Hungary from Nazi forces during World War II.Italy
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Colossus of Barletta , a statue of a Byzantine emperor
*Colossus of Nero
*Apollo Belvedere
*Laocoön and his Sons
*David (Donatello)
*Bacchus (Michelangelo)
*David (Michelangelo)
*The Deposition (Michelangelo)
*Cristo della Minerva
*Moses (Michelangelo)
*Pietà (Michelangelo)
*Rondanini Pietà
*David (Bernini)
*Aeneas, Anchises, and Ascanius
*Ecstasy of St Theresa
*The Horse - statue of a Horse in Milan based upon a design byLeonardo Da Vinci from 500 years before.India *flagicon|India
Thiruvalluvar Statue (depictsTiruvalluvar ); Kanyakumari,Tamil Nadu , India.
*Taj Mahal ,Agra
*Bibi Ka Maqbara ,Aurangabad
*Qutub Minar ,New Delhi
*Bahubali ,Shravanabelagola
*Christ the Redeemer , On Bell Tower Ollur
*Shiva ,Murudeshwara Lebanon
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Harissa, Lebanon Mexico *
El Angel de la Independencia ,Mexico City Norway *
Vigelandsparken ,Oslo Russia *
Mother Motherland Is Calling
*Bronze Horseman and other equestrian monuments to Russian tsars
*Monument to Minin and Pozharsky onRed Square inMoscow
*Worker and Kolkhoz Woman inMoscow
*List of statues of Lenin
*List of Mother Motherland statues Sri Lanka * Statue of Bhuddha in
Kurunegala - convert|88|ft|m|sing=on high.Singapore * The
Merlion statues at theSingapore River mouth and onSentosa Sweden *
The Branting Monument inStockholm .United Kingdom England
*Angel of the North
*B of the Bang
*Duke of York Column
*King George VI memorial
*Maiwand Lion
*Nelson's Column
*Statue of Horatio Nelson, Birmingham
*Wellington StatueUnited States , including territories*
Madonna of the Trail Alabama *
Vulcan statue ,Birmingham, Alabama World's tallest cast iron statueArkansas *
Christ of the Ozarks statue, Eureka SpringsIllinois *
Chicago Picasso , Chicago
*Cloud Gate , Chicago
*Flamingo, Chicago
*Nuclear Energy, Chicago
*Superman Statue , MetropolisMaryland *Washington Monument, Baltimore
Michigan *
Spirit of Detroit , Detroit
*Sparty ,East Lansing, Michigan New York *
Statue of Liberty , New York"For a full list for New York City, seeStatues and Sculptures in New York City "North Dakota *
Enchanted Highway , a collection of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures
*Tommy Turtle inBottineau, North Dakota , the world's largest turtleOhio *
The Free Stamp ,Cleveland, Ohio Oregon *
Portlandia ,Portland, Oregon Pennsylvania *
Rocky statue, PhiladelphiaPuerto Rico *Columbus statue, Mayaguez
*Jibaro Puertorriqueño statue, CayeySouth Dakota *
Mount Rushmore
*Statue of David replica at Fawik Park in Sioux FallsTexas *Statue of
Sam Houston inHuntsville, Texas - At convert|66|ft|m tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.Utah *This Is The Place Monument at Heritage Park in
Salt Lake City Virginia *
USMC War Memorial ,Rosslyn, Virginia Washington, DC *Statue of
Abraham Lincoln , inside theLincoln Memorial
*Statue ofThomas Jefferson , inside theJefferson Memorial Vietnam
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Christ of Vung Tau By distinction
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Venus of Willendorf
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Lushan Dafo (depictsVairocana Buddha );Lushan ,Henan ,China . 108 m (354 ft) Buddha statue standing on a 20 m (66 ft) lotus throne placed on a 25 m (82 ft) pedestal/building. Completed 2002.
*Ushiku Daibutsu (depictsAmitabha Buddha );Ushiku ,Ibaraki Prefecture ,Japan . 100 m (328 ft) Buddha statue standing on a 10 m (33 ft) lotus throne placed on a 10 m (33 ft) pedestal/building. Completed 1995. [ [http://www.iijnet.or.jp/am/Eindex.html | Usiku Daibutsu || Usiku Jyoen | ] ]
*Guanyin statue of Hainan (depictsAvalokitesvara );Sanya ,Hainan ,China . 108 m (354 ft). Completed in 2005.
*Emperors Yan and Huang;Zhengzhou , China. 106 m (348 ft). Completed 2007. [ [http://english.sina.com/life/p/1/2006/1013/91715.html 106-Meter High Statue of Emperors Yan and Huang Built_life_English_SINA.com ] ]
*Daikannon ofSendai (depictsAvalokitesvara ); Sendai, Japan. 100 m (328 ft).Tallest And Largest Equestrian Statue
* Monument To Gral.
Jose Gervasio Artigas InMinas, Uruguay - 18 Meters Tall, 9 Meters Long, Weight 150,000 Kilos 1974Largest stone sculptures
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Great Sphinx of Giza
*God of Longevity in the Meng Shan mountains near Pingyl, Shandong, ChinaMetal sculptures
* At 54 m wide, the
Angel of the North has the largest single dimension.
* TheStatue of Liberty is the tallest at 46 m, atop a 47 m pedestal.
* TheEnchanted Highway is a collection of the world's largest scrap metal sculptures.
*Vulcan statue , (17m) inBirmingham, Alabama , USA, is the largest cast iron statue.References
ee also
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List of statues by height
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