Thursday, April 09, 2009

Some Cool statues from around the world

I like to post random stuff, what can I say?

I recently learned about a couple statues from around the world, the currently-tallest and formerly-tallest, and thought I would share, since they are widely unknown in the west.

For reference, The Statue of Liberty stands 151 feet tall, 305 if you include the base.

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Then there’s The Motherland Calls, located in Volgograd, Russia. It stands 279 feet tall, including a 108 ft sword. And nipples the size of your head.

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I think it is probably the most awesome statue in the world.

 

Last, but certainly not least, is apparently the tallest statue in the world currently.  So unknown, I don’t even know what it’s called or have any references to back up my claims. As far as I can tell, it is identified only by these Chinese symbols: 鲁山 佛

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There’s the google Images search, though.

My, the world sure is full of things!