Monday, September 22, 2014

20 COLOSSAL MONUMENTS AND STATUES ALL OVER THE WORLD

We often wonder largest geological features of the planet Earth: the peaks of Mount Everest and K2, and the depths of the Mariana Trench. But humanity leaves its colossal structures.
Built in honor of the memorable historical figures of deities and events that really colossal monuments and statues can be found all over the planet. Look at these 20 pictures colossal structures that define the word "monumental".
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Deity Murugan (Batu Caves, Selangor, Malaysia)

For the construction of the sculpture has gone 250 tons of steel, 1,550 cubic meters of concrete and 300 liters of gold paint.Statue of the god Murugan at the entrance to the Batu Caves is the tallest statue of a Hindu deity in Malaysia. In 2006, the statue was presented to the public during the festival of Thaipusam.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Spring Temple Buddha (Lushan County, Henan, China)

Spring Temple Buddha is the only statue in the world of high altitude of 128 meters. Under the statue is a Buddhist monastery, which was built about 1100 of copper castings.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Cristo de la Concordia (Cochabamba, Bolivia)

Bolivian statue of Jesus Christ with outstretched arms has a height of 40.44 meters, together with a pedestal. Statue recalls a famous statue of Christ the Redeemer near the Rio. Breaking the 1,399 steps of the staircase, visitors get to the observation deck, located between the arms of the statue. Visiting the statue is only available on Sundays.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Ten precepts of the Bodhisattva Samantabhadra (Emeishan, Sichuan, China)

Statue of "Ten prescriptions Samantabhadra Bodhisattva" was built in 2006. This 48 meter high statue of the ten-Samantabhadra Bodhisattva, who sits on the quadriceps elephant with six tusks. At the base of the statue is a temple.Believers can enter to pray and make offerings.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

The Motherland Calls! (Volgograd, Russia)

Monument "The Motherland Calls!" Is considered a complex engineering design due to posture of the statue, which is expanding to the ground. In 1967, when the statue was opened, it was the tallest statue in the world. Monument weighs 7900 tons.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Great Buddha of Thailand (Ang Thong, Thailand)

The highest statue in Thailand - The Great Buddha of Thailand height of 92 meters. (It is the same size as the Statue of Liberty, with the pedestal). Construction began in 1990 and ended only in 2008. Also a statue known as the "Big Buddha". It is made of cement and covered with gold paint.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Cross in the Valley of the Fallen (Madrid, Spain)

Height of 152 meters, this cross stands on a massive underground basilica and crypt carved into the granite ridge in the Sierra de Guadarrama. Behind a rock located benedikttsev Abbey.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Monument "Rear-front" (Magnitogorsk, Russia)

The monument consists of an employee, betraying sword warrior. The height of the monument "Rear-front" of 15 meters.Construction of the monument took place in 1979. The monument is part of the "triptych" The Sword. " Also included in the triptych "The Motherland Calls" in Volgograd and Monument "Bronze Soldier" in Berlin.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Guan Yin in the South Seas (Sanya, China)

The statue of Guan Yin 108 meters, making it the fourth tallest statue in the world. At the statue three persons. (One looks at the shore, and the other two persons of the South China Sea). Statue, which is not surprising, took six years to its construction.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Giant statue of Buddha (Leshan, China)

Construction of the statue of the Giant Buddha in Leshan height 71 meters, headed Buddhist monk named Hai Tong 700's. It is said that he put out his eye, when donations to the construction of the statue coveted local lord.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Equestrian statue of Genghis Khan (Erdene, TOV Province, Mongolia)

Equestrian statue of Genghis Khan in the height of 40 meters, is located in the upper part of the complex Genghis Khan statue on the banks of the river Tuul. Visitors can climb up to the head of a horse through the passages in the chest and the neck of the statue.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Mangal Mahadev (Sawan, Mauritius)

Another statue of the Hindu god Shiva (the third highest - 33 meters) was found on Lake Ganga Talao, the discovery of the statue took place in 2007. Mangal Mahadev is a replica of the statue of Shiva at the lake in Sursagar Vadadora, Gujarat, India.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Great monument on Mansudae (Pyongyang, North Korea)

Originally the monument was only one statue of Kim Il Sung, but later it was expanded through the construction of a statue of Kim Jong Il in 2012, after the death of the leader. Dvadtsatimetrovaya statue was completed in 1972. Guides are asked photographers to photograph the entire article (not in part), "to avoid committing a crime."
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Merlayon from Sentosa (Sentosa Island, Singapore)

A huge statue of Merlayona - mythical fish with a lion head height of 37 meters. In Singapore, it is being considered as the national emblem. Republic originally got its name from the Malay word meaning "Lion City".
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

"Monument of the African Renaissance" (Dakar, Senegal)

Towering 49 meters high "African Renaissance Monument" depicts a man and a woman with a baby in his left hand man (baby's hand points to the West). Around the construction of a giant statue, which cost $ 27 million, and the construction of which took four years, there were many disputes in the course of construction.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Keeper Dolin (Aberbig, Monmouthshire, South Wales)

Keeper of the valleys is a 20-meter statue near the coal mines in Wales Six Bells. The monument was erected in 2010 in memory of the catastrophe of 1960, when the mine explosion that killed 45 miners. Statue consists of thousands of steel strips.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Erawan Museum (Samut Prakan, Thailand)

29-meter high statue of Erawan (also known as Airavata) is the Erawan Museum. Erawan king-god of elephants, which is depicted with three heads. The three-storey building of the museum are stored artifacts and relics.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Statue of Mevlana (Buka, Izmir, Turkey)

Monument Mevlana Rumi, the 13th century mystic, poet and theologian. The height of the monument with the base 20 meters. At the base of the statue is located cafe. The statue was designed and built by sculptor Eray Okka.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Laykyun Setkyar (Khatakan Taung, Myanmar)

The second tallest statue in the world after the Spring Temple Buddha - this 116-meter Lechzhun Sasachzha. Construction of the statue, which depicts the Buddha Gautama, it took almost 12 years.
20 colossal monuments and statues around the world

Statue of Liberty (New York, USA)

Colossal Statue of Liberty was a gift to the people of the United States from the people Frantsii.46-meter figure is visited annually by more than 3 million people. Green bloom appeared on the statue, due to its oxidation copper coating.

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