What is the world's largest statue?

bjb	It may be the statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Mount Cacovado in Rio, Brazil. It stands 2,330 feet. Dec 05 02, 6:38 PM

Linus

The statue of Crazy Horse, under construction in South Dakota, lays claim to this title. The statue of Christ in Rio towers high above the city, but the statue itself is smaller than the Statue of Liberty. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/us/A0813961.html Dec 05 02, 7:32 PM

sequoianoir

First question - definition of 'largest'? Tallest? Longest? Heaviest? Greatest volume? But to go on in an non specific manner, I think the statue of Christ the Redeemer atop Mount Cacovado in Rio, Brazil might be the HIGHEST (very 'large' statue) but the statue itself is not 2,330 ft tall. It is only 38 metres tall, located atop the Corcovado Mountain at a height of 710 meters. The statue itself is 30m tall standing on a pedestal 8m in height. The head is 3.75 metres and it measures 30m finger tip to finger tip. A construction document showing these dimensions is here: http://www.corrosionsource.com/technicallibrary/corrdoctors/Modules/Landmarks/Christ.htm BUT, yet to come!!!! BUDDHIST GROUP PLANS WORLD'S LARGEST STATUE see: http://www.cephasministry.com/buddhism_statue.html HOWEVER - NOT FOR LONG!!! China beats India by a head in Buddha Wars It was the biggest statue in the world - until last week. http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4185795,00.html YET TO BE FOUND!!! The hunt for Bamiyan's third Buddha There was an international outcry when the Taliban blew up two ancient statues of Buddha last year, but few then imagined that there might be a third statue in the same valley. The missing statue described in the journals of a 7th Century Chinese explorer is bigger - some 300 metres (1,000 feet) long. If found, "it will be the world's eighth wonder, the world's largest statue." http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/world/south_asia/2239423.stm Dec 05 02, 7:46 PM

sequoianoir

A Guinness book of records from a few years ago lists: STATUE, LONGEST Near Bamiyan, Afghanistan, there are the remains of the recumbent Sakya Buddha, built of plastered rubble, which was about 1000ft / 305m long and is believed to date from the 3rd or 4th century AD. STATUE, TALLEST The tallest full-figure statue in the world is that of 'Motherland', an enormous pre-stressed concrete female figure on Mamayev Hill, outside Volgograd, USSR, designed in 1967 by Yevgenyi Vuchetich, to commemorate victory in the Battle of Stalingrad (1942-3). The statue from its base to the tip of the sword clenched in her right hand measures 270ft (82.3m). Additional info - More than 1 million cubic metres of earth was moved. Approximately 20 thousand cubic metres of concrete were laid and more than 25 thousand tons of metal used. http://www.stalingrad.com.ru/hill/plan.htm http://www.stalingrad.com.ru/hill/mother/mother.htm Another statue, 'The Indian Rope Trick' by Calle Ornemark near Jonkoping, Sweden, measures 337ft (103m) from the feet of the fakir to the top of the rope. The 'rope' is 9 inches (25cm) in diameter. Its total weight is 141.6 tons (144 tonnes). Dec 06 02, 7:44 PM

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