Christ the King statue
Świebodzin, Poland · built 2010
Jesus Christ the King of the Universe (Jezus Chrystus Król Wszechświata) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin, western Poland, completed on 6 November 2010. The figure is 33 metres (108 ft) tall, the crown is 2 metres (6.6 ft) tall, and along with its mound, it reaches 52.5 metres (172 ft) overall. It took five years in total to construct and cost around $1.5 million to build, which was collected from donations of the 21,000 residents of the town. The project was conceived and led by Sylwester Zawadzki, a retired Polish priest. For some time it was the tallest Jesus statue in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records, until a 61-meter tall statue was unveiled in North Sumatra, Indonesia, in 2024.
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