'World's tallest' Jesus statue erected in Poland
A gigantic statue of Jesus - claimed to be the world's tallest - has been erected in a western Polish town.
Christ the King in Swiebodzin rises 33m (108ft) - one metre for every year that Jesus lived, said Sylwester Zawadzki, the priest who created the statue.
But other local officials said the statue was 51m-high (167ft), if one included a mound it sat on and the golden crown on the head.
They said it was higher than famous Christ figures in Bolivia and Brazil.
The total height of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is 40.4m (133ft), while Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer rises 38m (125ft)....
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Christ the King in Swiebodzin rises 33m (108ft) - one metre for every year that Jesus lived, said Sylwester Zawadzki, the priest who created the statue.
But other local officials said the statue was 51m-high (167ft), if one included a mound it sat on and the golden crown on the head.
They said it was higher than famous Christ figures in Bolivia and Brazil.
The total height of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is 40.4m (133ft), while Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer rises 38m (125ft)....