Statues are great, but you know what makes them even better? Putting them really high so hardly anybody sees them. Strangely, this strategy doesn’t put off that many people – but if you’re feeling lazy then, luckily for you, some plucky photographers have taken pictures so that you can stay safely on the ground and still marvel at these manufactured behemoths.
The featured image is the view from The Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil by mrubenstein01.
Spring Temple Buddha, China
As well as being up in a mountainous area, this 420ft colossus is officially the biggest completed statue in the world. But all that height wasn’t enough for the people of Lushan County, who soon busied themselves with carving the hill beneath into an even bigger pedestal shape.
Perhaps they did it because Buddha statues are traditionally supposed to be elevated above eye level to avoid accidental besmirching.
There’s really no danger of that here though, unless the tourists start getting a little bigger.
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Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro
This iconic statue on Corcovado Mountain is a global landmark and was listed as one of the New 7 Wonders of the World a few years ago.
At 131ft tall, it’s not the biggest statue by any means but getting close demands visitors climb to the mountain’s 2,300ft peak.
The opportunity to share the statue’s miraculous view over Rio makes it a very rewarding hike, whether you’re an A-List celebrity like Kim Kardashian or Kanye West or not.
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Mount Nemrut, Turkey
Over 2,000 years ago, the tomb of Antiochus I was built up here at 7,000ft, alongside large stone incarnations of various Persian and Greek gods and animals.
Some of the statues have since toppled, leaving enigmatic heads perched on the ground looking out at the magnificent sunrises over the mountains.
Being so high, the ruins are covered in an enchanting layer of snow for half the year, giving visitors a choice of the conditions they would like to see these wonders.
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