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This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
Statue of Don Juan de Oñate called The Equestrian in El Paso, Texas - At 36 feet (11 m) tall, it is purported by the sculptor to be the largest bronze equestrian statue in the world. Statue of Sam Houston in Huntsville, Texas - At 66 feet (20 m) tall, it is the tallest statue of any American political figure.
At 46.72 metres (153.3 ft) tall it is the 48th tallest statue in the world, the tallest statue in South America and the second-tallest in the Americas, [5] [a] the fourth-tallest statue depicting a woman in the world, and the second tallest statue of Mary in the world. It is 16 metres (52 ft) across, with a base that is 18 metres (59 ft) deep ...
It portrays a woman, the bodhisattva Byakue Kannon (白衣観音, "white-robed Kannon") holding the cintamani gem (如意宝珠, Nyoihōju) in her hand. [1] It is the tallest statue of a goddess in Japan and the ninth-tallest statue in the world, at 100 metres (330 ft). [2]
The Mother of All Asia's hands and face was designed by sculptor Eduardo Castrillo [6] and is made of concrete and steel. [7] With a height of 98.15 m (322.0 ft), [2] the Marian statue surpassed the Virgin of Peace statue in Venezuela to become the tallest statue of the Virgin Mary in the world.
Statues of Martin and Anna Bates are shown with museum volunteer Sheila Reidel. During the Civil War in 1861, Martin joined the 5th Kentucky Infantry at the age of 16 as a private in the ...
This list of the tallest statues in the United States ranks free-standing statues based on their height from base ... World's Fair. It was later cast in bronze by W ...
Guinness World Records has named Turkish woman Rumeysa Gelgi the planet’s tallest. She stands 7 feet 0.7 inches tall. The world’s tallest man, who stands nearly 8 feet and 3 inches, is also ...