Well, yes, it sounds too loud, the largest, the largest in the world, etc.
But what about, you say, the famous statue of Christ in Rio de Janeiro? What towers over the whole city and coast? Is this really more? But no, the Poles outdid it.
(whispering) Although I don't really believe it, despite the fact that I saw everything with my own eyes. Well, the Polish statue did not impress as much as its hyped Brazilian predecessor.
It's all about emotions. And now only dry facts.
The world's largest statue of Jesus Christ is installed on the southeastern outskirts of the city of Swiebodzin, in western Poland. The total height of the monument is about 52 m, which is higher than the Cristo de la Concordia monument in Cochabamba (40.44 m with a pedestal) and the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro (39.6 m with a pedestal). The height of the statue itself with the crown is 36 m, and 16 m is the height of the stone and earthen hill. The height of the other two statues without pedestals is 34.2 m and 30 m. Thus, in 2010 this statue of Christ is the highest in the world. The maximum width of the statue (the distance between the fingertips) is about 25 m.
The gilded crown of the statue is 3.5 meters in diameter and about 3 meters high. The head of the monument is 4.5 m high and weighs 15 tons. According to other sources, the head is made of hard plastic, and not of concrete, as originally assumed, due to which its weight has been reduced by a factor of three.
Here, the head is being taken to the installation.
The statue can be seen from the road. The one that leads to the German border. A huge white monument with outstretched arms appears on the horizon. But then again, since 2010 we have been driving along this route more than once. How it turned out that we did not notice her, I do not understand. In 2011, armed with printouts from the Internet, we could no longer afford to just drive by. We turned our heads, tortured our daughter with requests “Look around, you have young eyes”, showed her what the statue looks like, already began to doubt that we had confused something ... and then it flashed. Crown. She burned, shone like a beacon. In vain we worried, as it turned out the statue of Christ can be seen within a radius of 40 km.
We entered the city of Swiebodzin. The center looks something like this (someone else's pictures)
We entered in vain, the monument stands on the outskirts.
Huge parking lot. Not many cars, one bus. Incompleteness caught my eye. The monument was erected, but the area around is being landscaped.
Next to a supermarket ... behind the parking lot
Parking lots occupy a huge area, designed clearly for a large number of tourists. But not a very popular place yet.
The monument stands on an artificial hill. Young trees are planted around.
By the way, these trees are deer-horned sumac. Very beautiful trees, with a pleasant velvety bark. They just multiply like weeds. Constantly give sprouts. You gape, instead of a tree there is already a bush. This grandfather is tormented with them.
The initiator of the construction of the monument in 2001 was Sylvester Zawadzki, a priest of the Church of Divine Mercy in Swiebodzin.
The monument was built on private donations, the builders were recruited from the parish of the local church.
Parishioners say that their goal is not at all rivalry with Rio de Janeiro, but the desire to glorify the name of the savior of mankind, Jesus Christ, as much as possible.
Construction took about two years.
In December 2009, the construction was suspended, as a high-voltage power line passes near the monument. In April 2010, permission was granted and construction resumed.
The hill on which the huge monument is being built has a symbolic meaning, since it consists of five circles, symbolizing the five continents of our planet.
The leadership of the region expects that such an unusual attraction will attract tourists and pilgrims to Swiebodzin, whose population is only 22 thousand people. I think it will work, there were indeed pilgrims.
Several shots of the installation of the statue. 
Well, goodbye, my impression. Still, it is a monument, a symbol, not a religious object. The old church on the square of little Swiebodzin evoked more warmth and emotions. And this monument interested us more as an engineering structure.
The crown on Christ looks unusual. Somehow I got used to the traditional crown of thorns more. And since a monument to some king. True, it is called "Christ the King", if I translated it correctly.
And yet ... It's somehow empty there. Maybe because everything was recently built? Or lacks the strength of the landscape around? It seems that Christ is the biggest, but still ... and the picture from there opens up quite ordinary, even weak.
Perhaps later it will be possible to climb the hill itself, we saw paths there, but so far everything is closed.
From there, more will be seen ... Let's wait and see.
And that monument in Brazil is completely different, there, of course, the beauty around is plus, even without Christ it is breathtaking ... For comparison, here
Do you know where the largest sculpture of Jesus Christ is located? No, not in Rio de Janeiro - although this figure has become famous throughout the world, adding to the list of wonders of the world, it takes only an honorable third place. The Bolivian reinforced concrete giant Cristo de la Concordia, having a height of almost 40.5 m, is already closer to the truth, but he also lost his leadership position in 2010, moving into the status of an ex-record holder. And today the highest monument with the image of Jesus is located in Poland, in small town Svebodzin.
An imposing 52-meter statue of Christ the King ( Pomnik Chrystusa Krola), the grand opening of which took place on November 21, 2010, seems to soar into the sky from a high hill in the southeastern part of the city, attracting admiring glances and striking with grandeur and grandeur. The monument is so huge that the figure of Christ in a flowing robe is clearly visible almost anywhere in the city.
It took about two years to erect a monument, but it took a good two five years to start implementing the idea of \u200b\u200bcreating a giant sculpture. And all the bureaucracy: if officials had rushed to sign permits, if the search for funds for the implementation of a bold project had not been delayed, if experts had not questioned the safety of the building and many other “ifs” – then the world’s largest statue of Christ could would show up much sooner.
Private donations became the main source of funding - during the construction period, the necessary amount was collected from the world, resulting in an impressive figure of $ 1.4 million, and the builders were among the volunteers from among the parishioners of the local church. It seemed that every resident of the city was ready to make a contribution to the creation of a unique monument.
Like most other statues of the Savior, embodied in concrete, metal or granite, the sculpture of Christ from Swiebodzin is a cruciform structure - Jesus stretches out his arms, as if opening paternal embrace and blessing his faithful flock. The distance between the two palms is 25 meters, and the weight of the entire reinforced concrete structure is 440 tons. It is clear that the construction of such a colossal structure was associated with considerable risk.
Therefore, it was decided to install the structure in parts: first the torso, then arms outstretched to the sides, and only then the head with a golden crown crowning it. By the way, the magic of numbers, used by the authors of many other outstanding sights, is also embedded in this monument: the height of the figure of Jesus without a crown is exactly 33 meters, which undoubtedly symbolizes the length of his life path. The record figure of 52 meters is achieved by the entire structure, together with the sparkling golden crown of the Savior and a pedestal made in the form of a hill.
The creator of the grandiose monument, which won the glory of the highest statue of Christ, can be safely considered Sylvester Zavadsky, the initiative pastor of the local Church of Divine Mercy. And although the copyright is reserved for Miroslav Patecki, who prepared the sculpture project, and Tomasz Korano, who embodied the idea, but without the ardent youthful enthusiasm of the 78-year-old priest, the statue of Christ the King in Swiebodzin would hardly have been able to see the light. Today, this sculpture, designed to inspire Christians on the path to faith, has become a symbol of the parish and the city as a whole.
See the tallest statues erected in honor of Jesus Christ in different corners planets. Published on the web portal
The most famous statue of Jesus on the planet is the statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil. But the one who thinks that she is the largest in the world is deeply mistaken. The statue on Mount Corcovado, overlooking Rio, is only the fourth largest statue of Christ on Earth.
1. Cristo Rey - Mexico, 20.5 meters
This statue of Christ is located in the geographical center of Mexico - on the 2700-meter mountain Cerro del Cubilete.
The statue was completed in 1944 and its style is attributed to the Art Deco movement. Now Cristo Rei is considered one of the most significant religious monuments in the country.
2. Statue of Christ the Savior - Maratea (Italy), 21.23 meters
The statue, also known as the Cristo Redentore di Maratea, was made from white and blue-gray marble quarried near the city of Carrara.
Unlike some of the other statues built with donations from the public, Cristo Redentore was erected at the expense of one person - Stefano Rivetti, an entrepreneur from Piedmont.
3. Cristo de las Noas (Mexico), 21.8 meters
The statue was named after the hill on which it was erected - Cerro de las Noas. The construction of the 580-ton statue began in 1973 and was completed only seventeen years later.
At its foot is a restaurant, which is considered one of the most popular among the residents of the city of Torreon.
4. Christ of the Pacific (Peru), 22 meters
The Cristo del Pacifico was President Alberto Fujimori's farewell gift to the people of Peru. When he lost the 2011 presidential election, he decided to give the Peruvians one last gift by building a replica of the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio in Lima.
However, he was criticized because the Peruvians felt that the people should have their own unique statue, and not a copy of someone else's.
5. Christ of the Sacred Heart (Mexico), 23 meters
10 kilometers from Mexican city Rosarito has a giant statue of Cristo del Sagrado Corazon, made of steel and fiberglass.
Sculptor Gregorio Tijuana, claims to be the creator of the most unique statue of Christ, not because of its height, but because it is made in color (usually all other statues are white or gray).
The statue of Christ of the Sacred Heart is the pride of the Mexicans.
6. Cristo Rey de Los Alamos (Mexico), 23 meters
The resin and fiberglass statue is located in the border town of Tijuana.
Moreover, they built an almost 24-meter statue on the dome of the church of San Martin de Porres Tijuana.
7. El Cristo Roto (Mexico), 25 meters
An unusual one-legged and one-armed giant statue of Christ was built in the Mexican town of San José de Gracia.
El Cristo Roto (The Broken Christ) attracts thousands of pilgrims every year.
8. Christ Rua de Houches (France), 25 meters
The monumental statue of Christ the King is located in Les Houches, Haute-Savoie in France.
Abbé Claude Delassie, pastor of Les Houches, who initiated the construction of this monument, wanted to erect a statue that would embody the idea of the universal kingdom of Christ on Earth. The first stone was laid in August 1933, and the statue was unveiled just a year later.
9. Christ of Mercy (Nicaragua), 26 meters
El Cristo de la Misericordia is a huge statue in the city of San Juan del Sur which is the largest statue of Christ in Central America.
This statue was the dream of a local businessman, Ervin Gonzalez, who made his fortune in tourism. In the end, he built it on his personal land plot.
10. Christ the King (Colombia), 26 meters
On top of Los Cristales - one of the two mountains that tower over the Colombian city of Cali - in 1953, a 464-ton statue of Cristo Rey was erected. It was supposed to symbolize respect for peace and the safety of local residents.
Only the most energetic tourists get to the statue, because it is located at an altitude of 1440 m above sea level.
11. Cristo Rei Dili (East Timor), 27m
The statue of Christ the King was a gift from the Government of Indonesia to the people of East Timor. At the time of construction (1996), East Timor was a province of Indonesia before gaining independence in 2002. Since then, the statue of Cristo Rei has become one of the main tourist attractions of the new independent state.
Unlike most of the statues on this list, the Cristo Rei is made of copper, not stone.
12. Christ the King (Portugal), 28 meters
Plans for the construction of a Portuguese statue of Christ first appeared in 1940, but the statue was not finished until 1959.
The figure of Christ stands on the top of the rock near the city, arms outstretched towards the city, as if embracing it.
13. Cristo Recucitado (Mexico), 30 meters
This statue is the only one on the list that was installed in a cemetery (in the city of San Rafael). Sculptor David Gutiérrez Becerril made the Cristo Recucitado (Christ Resurrected) from pink stone in the early 1970s.
14. Christ blessing (Indonesia), 30 meters
In Manado Indonesian, this statue is called Christus Kase Berkat. It was built in 2010 from 25 tons of metal fiber and 35 tons of steel.
The statue is unusual in its location - Christ, as it were, leans forward to bless his flock.
15. Christos Otero (Spain), 30 meters
You can find Cristo del Otero on the outskirts Spanish city Palencia.
The statue was built in 1931 in a style reminiscent of the Art Deco movement.
Cristo del Otero is one of the most visited holy places by pilgrims.
16. Christ the Redeemer (Brazil), 30.1 meters
Arguably the most famous Jesus statue in the world, Cristo Redentor is the fourth tallest Jesus statue in the world.
South America, Asia and Catholic Europe are the regions where the largest statues of Christ are located. His highest monument is located in Bolivia - 34.2 meters. If we take into account the crown, then the most tall statue Christ - in Poland, 36 meters.
For a long time, various countries of the world competed with each other in megalomania - who will put up the largest statue of Jesus Christ, and, therefore, will defeat everyone else in the level of faith.
Cristo Rey - Mexico, height 20.5 meters
This statue stands in Cerro del Cubilet, Guanajuato, at an altitude of 2700 meters above sea level. The statue was completed in 1944 and is described as Art Deco in style. It is one of the most significant religious monuments in the country and is located in the geographical center of Mexico:
Statue of Christ the Redeemer Maratea - Italy, height 21.25 meters
This statue was made of white and blue-gray marble obtained from quarries near the city of Carrara. Unlike most other statues built with donations from the public, Cristo Redentore was erected at the expense of one person - businessman Stefano Rivetti:
Cristo de las Noas - Mexico, 21.78 meters
The statue project began in 1973 and lasted 17 years. At the bottom is a restaurant:
Christ Pacific Ocean– Peru, 22 meters, as well as a pedestal 15 meters high
This statue was a gift from President Fujimori of Peru to his people. When the embezzling ruler was removed, they wanted to dismantle the statue as a "legacy of the reactionary regime." But thousands of rallies defended Christ:
Christ of the Sacred Heart - Mexico, 23 meters
The statue is made of fiberglass, stands near the town of Rosarito. A rare case of a colored statue of Christ:
Broken Christ - Mexico, 25 meters
The statue is located in the town of San Jose de Gracia, and annually attracts up to 100 thousand pilgrims:
Christ Roy-de-Ouch - France, 25 meters
Located in Les Houches, Haute-Savoie. A year was erected - from 1933 to 1934:
Christ of Mercy - Nicaragua, 26 meters
Erected in the town of San Juan del Sur, the tallest statue in Central America:
Statue of Christ the King - Colombia, 26 meters
Located in the city of Cali, built in 1953. Located at an altitude of 1440 meters above sea level, weight 446 tons:
Christos Rei Delhi - East Timor, height 27 meters
This statue is a gift from the government of Indonesia (in 1996, when East Timor was still a province of this state, it gained independence in 2002). Made of copper, consists of 27 sections.
Christ the King - Portugal, 28 meters
The statue began to be erected in Lisbon in 1940, completed in 1959. It is considered a symbol of peace, saving Portugal from the horrors of World War II:
Christ Ricusitado (Resurrected) - Mexico, 30 meters
The statue is located in the cemetery of the town of San Rafaele. Erected in 1970 from pink granite:
Blessing of Christ - Indonesia, 30 meters
The statue is located in the city of Manado. It is made of 35 tons of stainless steel and 25 tons of steel threads. The money for the statue was raised by the local Catholic community. The statue is unusual in that it tilts 20 degrees forward:
Christos-Otero - Spain, 30 meters
The statue is located in the town of Palencia in the province of Castile and León. Erected in 1931:
Christ the Redeemer - Brazil, 30.1 meters
Probably the most famous statue of Christ. Located in Rio de Janeiro. Built in 1926-1931. In 2010, the statue's fingers and eyebrows were damaged by a thunderstorm, after which lightning rods were installed in it:
Christ Vung Tau - Vietnam, 32 meters
The statue is located in the city of Vung Tau, its construction was started in 1974, completed in 1993. Metal beams in a halo are a lightning rod. The statue is made of concrete with granite inserts:
Christ the King - Poland, 33 meters + crown 3 meters
Together with the crown, it is the tallest statue in the world (36 meters). 33 meters - symbolizes the age of Christ. Made of concrete and fiberglass, weight 440 tons:
Christ of Peace - Bolivia, 34.2 meters
The statue also has a pedestal 6.2 meters high. Located in the city of Cochabamba at an altitude of 2840 meters above sea level. The heaviest statue of Christ in the world - 2220 tons. The stairs inside the statue (1399 steps) can be reached by observation deck located in the head.
