10 Highest Monuments around the World

clipped from www.archibase.net 1. Ushiku Daibutsu, Ushiku, Japan is the world's tallest freestanding bronze statue. Completed in 1995, it stands a total of 120m above the ground An elevator takes visitors up to 85m off the ground, where an observation floor 2. Buddhist statue of Guanyin, Sanya, China a 108-meter Buddhist statue of Guanyin. This statue was completed in May 2005 3. Yellow Chinese emperors Huangdi and Yandi, China 103 meters tall. 4. Motherland, Kiev, Ukraine a memorial of the Great Patriotic War (World War II). The statue itself is 62 meters tall 5. Statue of Peter I, Moscow, Russia 6. Statue of Liberty, Liberty Island, New York given to the United States by France in 1886 7. "The Motherland" statue, Volgograd, Russia the 84 meter tall, 7900 ton sculpture commemorating the Battle of Stalingrad and dedicated in 1967 8. Statue of Lanshan Buddha, Lanshan, China 71 meters tall. 9. Buddha of Bamyan, Afghanistan carved into the side of a cliff 55 meters tall. It were destroyed by the Taliban in 2001 10. Christ the Redeemer