The 20-meter-tall Maitreya Buddha statue in the Mekong Delta has been recognized as one of the world's most impressive giant Buddha statues by British travel magazine Wanderlust.

This statue, perched in China's Hunan Province, depicts Chairman Mao Zedong at the age of 32. The work is said to have cost as much as $35 million to build.

One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai (774-835), posthumously called Kobo Daishi, at Imayama Daishi ...

The giant statue is twice life-size.He is shown in medieval ... Christopher statue at Norton Priory is an icon of the medieval world. Once brightly coloured with a red cloak, dark grey beard ...

The World Peace Dai-Kannon statue was built ... as the statue's shoulder and enjoy an expansive view. Japan's giant Kannon statues come in various shapes and styles. Some have strong links to ...

"It is the world's largest marble sitting Buddha ... water fountains and a park. The giant Buddha statue, which will be consecrated with a state-level ceremony on Aug. 1, will be broadcast live ...

It was imagined using 3D modelling technology from scans of the remaining nine giant original marble ... digital replicas of the world’s cultural patrimony. The statue itself is made from ...

NOBEOKA, Miyazaki -- One of the country's largest statues of Buddhist monk Kukai ... "I want this to be a festival where we pray with people for world peace, and wish for a bright and happy ...