IMPORTANT FAMOUS STATUES AROUND THE WORLD

Big, Don't They?!

Aizu Jibo Dai-Kannon of Aizuwakamatsu, Fukushima, Japan Height 57m

Awaji Kannon of Awaji Island, Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan Height 80m

Bhaisajyaguru in Nihon-Ji Temple of Kyonan, Awa District, Chiba, Japan Height 31m

Birth of the New Man (Christopher Columbus) of Sevilla, Spain Height 45m

Bodhisattva Kannon of Tazawako, Akita prefecture, Japan Height 35m

Cristo de la Concordia of Cochabamba, Bolivia Height 34.2m

Cristo Redentor de Concorvado (Christ the Redeemer) of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Height 30m

Cristo del Otero (Jesus) of Palencia, Spain...Height 30m

Dai Kannon at Kita no Miyako park of Ashibetsu, HokkaidÅ, Japan....Height 88m

Dai Kannon of Kamaishi, Iwate, Japan Height 48.5

Dai Kannon of Sendai, Japan Height 100m

Fo Guang Shan Amitabha Buddha of Kaohsiung, Taiwan, China Height 40m

Golden Maitreya Buddha of Beopjusa, Naesongni-myeon, Chungcheongbuk-do province, South Korea Height 33m

Grand Buddha at Ling Shan of Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China Height 88m

Grand Byakue Kannon of Takasaki, Gunma Prefecture, Japan Height 41.8

Great Matzu of Meizhou Island, Fujian, China Height 40.5m

Great Standing Maitreya Buddha of Beipu, Hsinchu County, Taiwan, China Height 72m

Guan Yin at Mount Xiqiao of Nanhai district, Guangzhou, China Height 62

Guan Yin of Kek Lok Si Temple, Air Itam, Penang island, Malaysia Height 30m

Hanuman Murti of New Delhi, India Height 53m

Jibo Kannon at Narita-san temple of Kurume, Fukuoka prefecture, Japan Height 62m

Laozi statue in Mount Mao near Zhenjiang of Jiangsu province, China Height 33m

Leshan Giant Buddha of Leshan, China Height 71m

Liberty Enlightening the World of Liberty Island, New York, United States Height 46m

Lord Murugan of Batu Caves, Gombak, Malaysia Height 42.7m

Lord Shiva of the Har-ki-Pauri, Haridwar, Uttarakhand, India Height 30.5m

Mindroling Monastery Buddha of Dehradun, Uttarakhand state, India Height 32.6m

Notre-Dame du Sacré-Coeur (Our Lady of the Sacred Heart) of Le Mas-Rillier in Dombes, Ain department, France Height 33m

Peter the Great of Moscow, Russia Height 96m

Rodina Mat’Zovyot! (Mother Motherland Calls) at Mamayev Kurgan of Volgograd, Russia Height 85m

Standing Buddha in Wat Indrawiharn of Bangkok, Thailand Height 32m

Statues of Emperors Yan and Huang , China. A 106-meter high statue of Emperors Yan and Huang was built in Zhengzhou

Ten Directions Pu Xian Buddha of Mount Emei, Sichuan province, China Height 48m

The Guanyin Statue of Hainan, also known as Guan Yin of the South Sea of Sanya, is a 108 metre tall statue of the bodhisattva Guan Yin, sited on the south coast of China's island province Hainan

The Merlion of Sentosa, Republic of Singapore Height 37

The Ushiku Daibutsu, located in Ushiku, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan Height 120 m

Tian Tan Buddha of Ngong Ping, Lantau Island, Hong Kong Height 43m

Tokyo Wan Kannon of Futtsu, Chiba, Japan Height 56m

Usami Dai-Kannon of Izu Peninsula, Itō, Shizuoka, Japan Height 50m

Vírgen de El Panecillo (Virgin in The Panecillo) of Quito, Ecuador Height 30m

Vírgen de la Paz (Virgin of Peace) of Trujillo, Venezuela Heiight 46.7m