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Stonehenge, Whilshire, England

Giant statues in the Chilean Easter Islands

Giza, Pyramid of Khafre

Giza, sphinx and the pyramid of Cheops on the background

Pharaonic statues at the entrance to the pyramid

Assuan, obelisks of Tuthmosis I and his daughter Hatshepsut

Leshan - the statue of Buddha

Grandini a Batu Caves e la statua gigante di Sri Subramaniam Swamy Divasthanan - Malaysia

Spring Temple Buddha - This one is actually the biggest statue in the world and it’s about 153 meters.

Guanyin of Lianhuashan

The Great Buddha in Kamakura

Praying Hands at the main entrance to the campus of Oral Roberts University

Statue of Jesus in Vung Tau, Vietnam

Statue of Christ w Oviedo Statue of Christ on mont Urgull, San Sebastian

Monument of Christ in Cocchabamba

Rio de Janeiro, a monument of Christ the Redeemer atop of Corcovado

Rio de Janeiro – a monument of Christ the Redeemer A monument of Christ the King– Świebodzin, Poland

Świebodzin – A monument of Christ the King

Świebodzin – a monument of Christ the King Rio de Janeiro – a monument of Christ the Redeemer

Cristo Rei – Lisboa

Christ the King Monument in Lisbon

Cristo Rei Statue that looks over the city of Lubango

The Monument of the Holy Mother of God, Haskovo, Bułgaria

Matka Boża, Haskowo, Bułgaria Virgen de Quito, Ekwador

Statue of the Virgin Mary on the top of Cerro San Cristóbal

Giant statue of the virgin Mary in New Castle Delaware Lady Lebanon in Harissa

The Blessed Virgin Mary at Mt. Polis, Philippines

Our Lady of the Rockies Statue is located in Butte Montana

Monument St. Nino Equal-to-the Apostle Tbilisi, Georgia, 19m high Estatua de santa Rita de Cassia, Santa Cruz, Brasil

The Rainbow - monument in Kiev, Ukraine

"Rainbow" in Kyiv

The world's largest statue of Confucius

Taiwan , high statue of Guan Yu at Jinguashi

The world's largest statue of Genghis Khan, Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia

The statue of Genghis Khan

Monument to the Discoveries - Lisbon

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Fig. 1-4 - monuments in the former Yugoslavia, commemorating World War II

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Warsaw Uprising Monument

Giant statue of three warriors dedicated to King Ivaylo, near Kotel in Bulgaria

Obelisk Washington D.C.

The Main Victory Monument, Moscow

The Main Victory Monument, Moscow

Peter the Great Monument in Moscow

The Statue of Liberty in New York

Mother Motherland Calls (Родина Мать Зовет) - a monument to the mound Mamaja in Volgograd

Tbilisi - Monument of Georgia Mother's ... (for the friends - the cup of wine, for the enemy - the sword)

Kiev, Ukraine - Monument to Mother Motherland

Yerevan - Monument to Mother Armenia

Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow, Russia

Monument to the Conquerors of Space, Moscow, Russia

Oslo, Vigeland Park Monolit

Oslo, Vigeland Park Monolit

To the Struggle Agains World Terrorism monument in Bayonne, New Jersey (USA) stands in direct view of the Statue of Liberty and the former World Trade Center in New York. Bronze, 30m

Piast Eagles - Monument Deed Poles, Szczecin

Monument to the Victims of Poznan June 1956 in Szczecin, Poland Monument of World War II at Westerplatte, Gdansk, Poland

Angel of Liberty - Monument to the Victims of December '70, Szczecin, Poland

December '70 - Monument to the Fallen Shipyard, Gdańsk, Poland

Monument to Cervantes, Madrid

The Millennium Monument in Heroes Square, Budapest, Hungary

Giant Sam Houston Statue, Huntsville, Texas

National Monument to the Forefathers Plymouth Massachusetts

Kiev, monument to the legendary founders of the city

Mount Rushmore National Memorial. South Dakota

Sculpture of King Decebal in Romania

Romania - Monument to Decebal, of the last king of the Dacians

An interesting constuction was built in Izmir, Turkey. Kemal Ataturk bust looks like carved out of solid rock

The statue of Mao Zedong in center of city Changsha

Young Mao Zedong statue in Juzizhou, Changsha.

Giant Marilyn Monroe statue in Chicago

Trivandrum - Shankumugham Beach - Giant Statue of Mermaid

Lima – giant statue on coast

Erawan museum, Samut Prakan, central Thailand

Giant statue of the Reddish Brown Sea Eagle, Dataran Lang

Arasaurus giant statue

Arasaurus giant statue

Mac the Moose is a fibreglass moose in Moose Jaw, Saskatchewan

Monument commemorating the earthquake of 1948, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Monument commemorating the earthquake of 1948, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan

Monument Tatik in Papik-yev Mamig Babig - Armenian symbol of Nagorno-Karabakh

Monument 'Birth of a New Man' in honor of Christopher Columbus. Seville, Spain

The huge, a bit bizarre, statue of steel, called the Angel of the North, England

Crazy Horse Memorial in South Dakota

The monument presents of the leader of Dakota Oglala - Crazy Horse (Tasunka Witko), who became famous at the Battle of Little Bighorn in 1876, and shortly afterwards he was treacherously murdered.

This monument is forged in the rock mountains Thunderhead in the Black Mountains in Custer County, South Dakota State. When completed, it will be the world's largest monument. The sculpture will be 195 m long and 172 m high. The head, whose was completed in 1998, is 25 meters high. For comparison, located 15 km northeast, of the presidents heads carved into the slope of Mount Rushmore to a height of 18 m. The monument is the main attraction of so called Crazy Horse Memorial Center.

Work on the sculpture began in 1948 (at the invitation of a relative of Crazy Horse, Chief of Dakota - Henry Standing Bear), sculptor of Polish descent, Korczak Ziolkowski. Today, it is continuing this workby his family.

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Music - Jean Sibelius, Symphonic Poem, "Finland"The illustrations - taken from accessible websitesThe presentation was prepared by - Anna