Humanity has always sought to perpetuate its best representatives. This tradition has been preserved since ancient times. It was then that people began to create huge monuments. And today there are impressive creations of human hands. Among them, one can single out the tallest monument in the world. About him and his kind will be discussed in the article.
Whose tallest monument in the world is whose?
Before giving up the palm, we note that the heroes who found their embodiment in the form of giant statues, as a rule, are deities. For example, only Buddha statues are among the highest of about ten. Sometimes these are collective images or figures of prominent figures who have left their mark on the history of their people, country or the whole world.
In such an embodiment of a revered or, at times, beloved hero, there is a hidden desire for him to remain in our lives after his death. But at the same time, the obvious one is to preserve his image in the memory of not one people or generation, but many coming after him. All of them are cultural monuments of their era.
Buddha Monument
Today, the highest sculpture on earth is the Buddha of the spring temple. Its height is 128 meters. The monument is quite young - it is only thirteen years old. It was built in China, in a province called Hannan, which is located in Pingdinshan County.
The Buddha of the spring temple owes its name to a hot healing spring, which is located nearby. Its name literally translated into Russian means “hot spring”. This fact is confirmed by the 60-degree water source.
In addition to world-famous names, there are also such as Buddha Vairochan ("the one that personifies the wisest"), and Buddha Foshan (on behalf of the temple located here).
The Chinese are very proud of their creation and in every possible way strive to maintain primacy in height. That is why the monument is constantly gaining height. But since it is almost difficult to do this from above, the restless Chinese are making up from below, gaining the growth of the Buddha due to pedestals. Originally it was only a lotus flower, twenty meters high. Then a 25-meter pedestal was added. Later, two more steps were built up, fifteen meters each. Fearing competition from India, which also built its tall Buddha, the Chinese converted the hill at the foot of the monument into a huge pedestal. Climbing it consists of twelve flights, and the total number of steps is equal to the number of days in a year.
Monument of the future
It should be the tallest monument in the world, and its construction began in 2013 in India, in the state of Gujarat. The monument, which will reach a height of 182 meters, and together with the pedestal will rise to all 240, will perpetuate one of the politicians of India - Vallabhai Patel. His name is better known in the world as Sardar. Translated, this word means "leader." So Patel magnified the Indian people for those invaluable merits that allowed to preserve the integrity of India as a state. Perhaps that is why the name of the monument is the Unity statue. It will rise above the Indian river Narmada. It will be possible to get to it by boat.
So in India they decided to pay tribute to the national hero and at the same time remind contemporaries what a real politician should be. The start of the project was announced by Narendra Modi, the chief minister of Gujarat. As the leader of the Indian People's Party in 2013, he was just preparing to go to the parliamentary elections and was named among the candidates for the post of prime minister.
The success of his party in the 2014 elections was obvious. This was preceded by the enormous work of both party members and Modi himself. In May 2014, Narendra Modi became Prime Minister of India. It is hoped that, taking the coveted chair, the politician will continue the announced construction and remain true to his election promises.
The memory of Jesus Christ
Christians have their tallest monument in the world. It is located in the Polish town of Swiebodzin and was erected in 2010, although a proposal for construction was received in 2001.
It was initiated by one of the local priests - Sylvester Zavadsky. Later, in 2006, the local councils, given that the townspeople chose Jesus Christ as their patron saint, decided to make it the largest monument. However, its construction started only in 2009. And already in the fall of 2010 it was completed.
The height of Jesus from Swiebodzin is 53 meters. In terms of size, it went around the world-famous Brazilian statue of Jesus (30 meters).
Tallest monuments
One of the highest monuments in the world is the Victory Monument located in the heart of Moscow on Poklonnaya Hill. Its height is more than 141.8 meters. Such sizes are not chosen by chance. They symbolize the duration of the entire Great Patriotic War - ten centimeters for each day, which in total amounted to 14, 180 centimeters. Today it is the highest monument in Russia and the second in the world.
It is preceded by the Washington Monument, which reaches a size of 169 meters.
The Victory Monument was opened in 1995, to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the event of the same name, and is part of the entire Victory Memorial Complex.
The design of the obelisk deserves attention. It is presented in the form of a trihedral bayonet, the surface of which is covered with solid bas-reliefs. They depict warriors, military scenes and inscriptions of the names of cities subjected to fascist attacks. The material for the obelisk was special steel, which is not susceptible to corrosion.
At an altitude of more than a hundred meters, the figure of the goddess Niki, symbolizing Victory, is fixed on the bayonet. This original execution of the obelisk is also very problematic due to the fact that the statue located at a great height shifts its center of gravity and requires special fortifications to ensure the stability of the thousand-ton monument. This is done by a whole service located in the bowels of the hill on which this monument stands.
