No. 1. Ushiku Amida Buddha, Ibaraki Prefecture, Japan
The staute is 100 meter tall, standing on a 10m lotus base and a 10m platform, total 120 meters. It weighs 4000 tons and is the tallest statue in the world. The monument is three times taller and thirty times larger in volume than the Statue of Liberty. link
No. 2. The Statue of Emperors Yan and Huang, Zhengzhou, Hunan Province, ChinaThe statue is 106 meters high, with the eye three meters wide and the nose eight meters long. Emperors Yan and Huang, two emperors in ancient Chinese legends, are said to be the earliest ancestors of the Chinese nation. link
No. 3. Kiev's statue of the Motherland, Kiev, UkraineThe memorial of the Great Patriotic War (World War II) itself is 62 meters tall, the overall height is 102 meters. link
No. 4 Peter the Great Statue, Moscow, RussiaThe 94 meter high bronze sculpture of Peter the Great standing in the Moscow River was designed by Zurab Tsereteli. link
No. 5. Statue of Liberty, New York, USAA colossal statue given to the United States by France in 1886, is standing at Liberty Island in the mouth of the Hudson River in New York Harbor. The overall height is 93 meters. The statute is 46 meters tall, with the foundation adding another 46.9 meters. link
No. 6. The Motherland, Volgograd, RussiaThe statue has another name called Mother Motherland Is Calling. Measured from the tip of her sword to the top of the plinth, the distance is 85 meters (279 feet). It is can be found at on Google Maps. link
No. 7. Leshan Giant Buddha, Sichuan Province, ChinaStanding 71 metres tall, the statue is the tallest stone Buddha statue in the world. link
No. 8.Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.The statue stands 38 m tall and is located at the peak of the 710-m (2330-foot) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, overlooking the Rio de Janeiro city. link
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