World's Tallest Statue of Virgin Mary
The Peace
Sculpture aka Monument to Our Lady of Peace (Monumento a la Virgen de la Paz)
is an enormous statue of Virgin Mary about 11 km southwest of the city of
Trujillo, in Venezuela.
Built entirely of
concrete on hollow steel shell, the sculpture is 46.72 meters (153.28 ft.) high,
16 meters (52.5 ft) wide, 18 metres (59 feet) deep at the base and weighs about
1200 tons. The colossal statue is not only the highest statue of the Virgin Mary
in the world, it is also the tallest habitable sculpture in Americas being
couple of feet taller than the Statue of Liberty (46 m/151 ft) in New York and
several feet taller than statue of Christ the Redeemer (38m/125 ft) in Rio de
Janeiro in Brazil.
The sculpture
built in 1983, is located on Peña de la Virgen, a hillock 1,600 meters above sea
level, where the Virgin reportedly appeared in the year 1570. It shows the
Virgin Mary in blue tunic holding a pigeon in her right hand.
The interior of
the hollow sculpture is accessible by combination of stairs and mechanical lifts
and due to its elevated location and the tallness it offers some amazing
panoramic views of the surrounding.
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First observation point is located at the level of the knee of the Virgin, 18 meters from the base.
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Second Observation point is located on the left hand of the statue, 22 meters from the base.
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Third Observation point located on the right hand of the statue is 26 meters from the base.
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Fourth Observation point, located at the level of the waist of the Virgin is at 28 metres from the base and;
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The Fifth and final observation point is located in the eyes of the Virgin at 44 meters from the base and from here most extensive and impressive view of the surrounding areas can be seen.
A view from one of the viewpoint;
Image from
Wikimedia Commons is by Eduardo Saavedra Altuve
View location in Google Maps /
Google Earth (Because of cloud cover the
location is not clearly visible in GE view and the location shown is based
on Wikipedia as well as Wikimapia.)
Note: This is not to be confused
with my other post
World's Tallest Statue of Virgin Mary which I have edited today to read
as World's Tallest Statue of Virgin Mary with Infant Christ. Notice the
subtle difference, this statue is of Virgin Mary alone, whereas the the
other statute in Haskovo, Bulgaria, shows Virgin Mary with infant Christ in
her hands.
Credits: I am thankful to
Daniela Garcia for her
comments on my blog post, informing me that this statue is the World's
highest statue of Virgin Mary.
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