Sunday, November 21, 2010

Largest Statue of Jesus

The western Polish town of Swiebodzin now boasts the world’s tallest statue of Jesus. A retired local Roman Catholic priest, Sylwester Zawadzki, came up with the idea and used the donations of parishioners along with private gifts to build the fibreglass and plaster Jesus. Zawadzki says he wanted the statue to be 33 meters to symbolize the 33 years Jesus lived on earth. The figure also has a three meter gold crown to symbolize the three years of Christ's ministry. That makes it 108 feet or three meters taller than Brazil’s statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. Here's a video of it.

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