We suggest that you consider the sights from the inside – to visit the famous statues of the world and study their “inner world”. In our material, the monuments lined up in height.
Statue of Usiku Daibutsu in Japan
Height: 100 m, 120 m – with a pedestal.
50 km from Tokyo in the city of Usiku there is a statue of Buddha Amitabhi. Inside are four floors.
The first floor is “endless light and endless life”: a darkened room where religious music sounds and exude the aromas of incense.
The second is “the world of gratitude and appreciation”: dedicated to biblical research.
The third is a lotus sanctuary: contains a collection of 3,000 golden statues of Buddha. The fourth is located an observation deck: you don’t have to walk, the elevator raises visitors to a height of 85 m.
The statue of the goddess Cannon in Sentae
Height: 100 m.
In Japan, you can take a walk in the bowels of another deity – the goddess of mercy Cannon, which is located in the city of Sendai.
Having penetrated through the mouth of the dragon, you will see 33 statues of the female deity that personify human desires, 12 figurines corresponding to the Chinese signs of the zodiac, and other religious symbols.
On the upper, 12th floor is the temple of the Bodhisata Cannon-108 Buddhas are exhibited here, symbolizing human suffering and errors.
A beautiful view of the city and golf fields opens from above.
“Motherland” in Kyiv
Height: 62 m, 102 m – with a pedestal.
The sister of the Russian “Motherland-Mother” in Kyiv on the right bank of the Dnieper is more interesting for tourists: you can get into it by buying a ticket to a survey platform at an altitude of 36 or 92 m.
Inside there are two elevators: one vertical – for tourists, the other inclined – technical.
The elevator rises with nine stops to the very head of the sculpture.
At the top there are hatches and technical sites. You can get into both hands of the monument: to the shield and a sword.
Experts are confident that the monument will spin for more than 150 years – even an earthquake of 9 points is not afraid of him.
Columbus Monument in Barcelona
Height: 60 m.
Many were in Barcelona and passed by Columbus on Rambla Street, but few can boast that he was inside and even at the top of the monument, as they simply do not know about this possibility.
Meanwhile, everything is simple: you need to go around the monument, find the door, pay a couple of euros and climb the elevator to the top of the pedestal. From there you will open a picturesque panorama of the city: you can see and shoot the sea, the port and nearby streets. Do not pass by!
Freedom statue in New York
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Height: 46 m, 93 m – with a pedestal.
The French gave the legendary statue to the Americans in honor of the 100th anniversary of the US Independence Declaration.
The opening took place in 1886. One of the engineers of the statue was Gustav Aiffel – the creator of the Eiffel Tower in Paris: it was he who made sure that the stairs would laid the stairs inside the statue of freedom: in the crown and on the torch.
At the moment, only a platform in the crown is available to tourists: through small windows you can look at Manhattan, the hands of statues and tourists crowding at the foot. To do this, you need to overcome 356 steps on foot.
Five groups of ten people are allowed a day, so tickets must be bought ahead of time: now they are sold for October.
For a long time they didn’t let anyone in the statue: for eight years she was empty after 2001 attacks for security reasons, then for a year was on the reconstruction. Now the symbol of New York has paths, security systems and modern elevators for the disabled.
Genghis Khan statue in Mongolia
Height: 40 m, 50 m – with a pedestal.
54 km from Ulan Bator, in Tsonzhin-Boldog on the occasion of the 800th anniversary of Mongolia, the largest equestrian statue in the world-the monument to Genghis Khan.
In the body of the horse there are a staircase and an elevator, with which you can climb a observation deck to a height of 30 m – it is located right in the head of the animal.
In the pedestal under the statue, a museum, an art gallery, a map of the conquests of Genghis Khan, a cafe, a billiard room, a conference room and a souvenir shop and a souvenir shop.
The statue of Jesus Christ in Bolivia
Height: 34.2 m, 40.44 m – with a pedestal.
Inside the statue of Christ in Kochabama there is a spiral staircase with 1399 steps, overcoming which you can look through the eyes of the statues at the city.
The Bolivian statue is 2.5 m above the famous monument to Christ at the Rio de Janeiro, in the bowels of which tourists are not allowed.
The exception was made only in May of this year: the photographer and blogger Lee Thompson with his friend visited the Brazilian Christ, looked along his head and shoulders, and also took off the selfie on the top of the statue.
The statue of Jesus Christ in Vietnam
Height: 32 m.
The beautiful view of the South China Sea opens from the viewing platforms installed on the shoulders of the statues of Christ in the city of Wungtau.
The guidebook says that six Vietnamese may fit on them. So that tourists do not walk on the hands of Jesus, Vietnamese engineers filled special spikes on their shoulders.
The path to the top is not so simple: at first you will have to climb the mountain of the NEO, then go on 129 steps of the spiral staircase.
Tourists are asked to observe the dress code: the entrance is only barefoot, it is advisable for women to be in a skirt, men in trousers.
Statue “Bavaria” in Munich
Height: 18.2 m.
The small bronze statue of Bavaria is located in the meadow of Teresa in Munich – the Oktoberfest festival annually is held at its foot. But not everyone guesses that inside the monument, which has been more than one and a half centuries, is hiding a staircase with 66 steps: you can climb on a observation deck located in the head of the statues, unless, of course, you suffer from claustrophobia.
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