13 amazing statues that you can see from the inside (21 photos)

Many famous monuments of the world can be admired not only from the outside.





Patron Christ

Encantado, Brazil



In 2022, the state of Rio Grande do Sul opened its third the world's highest statue of Christ (its height is 43 meters). She is 5 meters taller Monument of Christ the Redeemer, which is located in Rio de Janeiro. On chest level of the figure has a viewing platform in the shape of a heart. To the site visitors are delivered by an elevator.

African renaissance

Dakar, Senegal



Monument in honor of the 50th anniversary of the independence of Senegal was opened in capital of the country in 2010. Bronze composition 52 meters high made by an architectural bureau from North Korea. The pedestal has museum, and for $10 you can take the elevator right to the head of the figure men.



Bound Eros

Krakow, Poland



Sculpture installed on the Market Square in Krakow, sometimes referred to simply as "Head". It was created by the Polish artist Igor Mitorai in 2003. In his work, the author wanted to express the fragility human body. The head is hollow from the inside, which children enjoy using and tourists.

Lezhong-Sasazha

Monyua, Myanmar



This sculpture of Buddha Gautama is part of an ensemble temple complex Maha Bodhi Takhtaung and echoes the located next to the figure of the Resting Buddha. Inside a statue 116 meters high located on the 31st floor, which corresponds to the 31st stage of the life cycle in Buddhism.

Statue of Liberty

New York, USA



The famous statue made by Gustave Eiffel and sculptor Frederic Bartholdi, located on Liberty Island on Manhattan. You can get to it by ferry. Inside the pedestal is museum, to which stairs and an elevator lead, and to the observation decks in the crown and the torch can only be climbed by ladders.



San Carlo

Arona, Italy



Statue of Saint Carlo Borromeo erected between 1614 and 1698 in his home in Piedmont. At a height of 35 meters, together with a pedestal For a long time it was considered the highest in the world. Can you go inside the pedestal of the statue and climb to its foot, and then up the stairs, hidden in the folds of clothes, climb into the head of the saint.

Buddha Ushiku Daibutsu

Ushiku, Japan



The 120 meter high bronze Buddha statue is the main landmark of Ibaraki prefecture. Fits five inside floors with many halls, including rooms for meditation and Museum with 3,000 golden statues of Buddha.



Statue "Bavaria"

Munich, Germany



A bronze statue 18.5 meters high is installed on Luga Teresa in Munich, where the Oktoberfest is held. It was made according order of King Ludwig I in the middle of the XIX century. Inside is a narrow a spiral staircase with 66 steps leading straight to the head of the monument.



Statue of Unity

Kevadia, India



Monument to Sardar Patel, one of the leaders of the movement for independence of India, is the tallest statue in the world: its height is 240 meters, of which 182 meters fall on the figure of Patel. Visitors can climb up to his chest, where at a height of 153 meters viewing gallery windows cut through.



Monument to Columbus

Barcelona, ​​Spain



The monument on the Rambla was unveiled in 1888. Statue Columbus himself, 7 meters high, stands on a 53-meter column, depicting the main achievements of the discoverer. Inside the column there is an elevator that allows you to climb to the observation deck at the top pedestal.

Buddha Dordenma

Thimphu, Bhutan



The giant statue of Buddha Shakyamuni, 51.5 meters high, was completed in Bhutan in 2010. It is made of bronze and plated with gold, its construction cost $100 million. Located inside a temple that houses several hundred thousand gilded Buddhas.



Christ statue

Vung Tau, Vietnam



Notable about this 32-meter statue is its location - in South Vietnam on top of Mount Nho. Climbing up spiral staircase, you can lean out through one of the holes in the shoulders of Christ, and before your eyes will open a stunning view of the city of Vung Tau and South China Sea. So that visitors do not get out on their shoulders, they are poked spikes.

Statue of Genghis Khan

Tsongzhin-Boldog, Mongolia



This monument is known for being the largest monument to Genghis Khan and the largest equestrian statue in the world. In a two-story The pedestal has a museum, a conference hall, restaurants and a billiard room. In the the statue has an observation deck. True, it is not located in the head of the conqueror, but in the head of his horse.