Christ of Vũng Tau
The Christ of Vũng Tau ( Vietnamese : Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua ) is a 32 meter high statue of Jesus Christ on Mount Núi Nhỏ in Vũng Tau , in the province of Bà Rịa-Vũng Tàu in southern Vietnam .
At 32 meters high, it is the fourth tallest statue of Christ in the world. It stands on a four meter high base, which in turn rests on a six meter high substructure. Her arms have a wingspan of 18.3 meters. The statue can be climbed via a staircase inside (133 steps).
Construction began in 1974, towards the end of the Vietnam War , in what was then the Republic of Vietnam (South Vietnam) . After the military reunification of the country, the statue was finally completed in 1993 on behalf of the "Vietnamese Catholic Patriotic Association" (recognized by the socialist republic).
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Individual evidence
- ^ Vietnamese page . According to other information ( travel information from Michelin ( Memento of the original from February 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: the archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this note. ) Is the statue only 28 meters high.
- ^ Frommer's Vietnam. Sherisse Pham 2010, p. 336: "A sizable Christian population accounts for the Christian statuary, as well as the town's large central cathedral."
Web links
- Jesus Christ statue, Vung Tau , Vietnam.
See also
Coordinates: 10 ° 19 '35 " N , 107 ° 5' 2.4" E