Equestrian statue of Genghis Khan

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Equestrian statue of Genghis Khan in the Mongolian steppe

A monumental equestrian statue of Genghis Khan stands around 54 kilometers east-southeast of the Mongolian capital Ulaanbaatar , south of the Tuul River . The site, Tsonjin Boldog province Töv Province , is a place where Genghis Khan a legend , according to a golden whip is said to have found. The statue shows him sitting on the back of a horse with the crop in his right hand. Genghis Khan was the first great Khan of the Mongols, he unified the Mongol Empire and conquered large parts of Asia.

The statue is about 30 meters high and stands on a 10-meter-high building with 36 columns that serves as a base . It is currently the highest equestrian statue in the world and is more than twice as high as the previous record holder, a statue in Uruguay (as of 2011). The monument was inaugurated on September 26, 2008 and consists of around 250 tons of stainless steel . The construction costs should have been around 4.1 million US dollars .

The base building contains restaurants and souvenir shops. From there, visitors can use an elevator to reach the horse's back between the rider's legs. A staircase leads you over the horse's neck to a viewing platform on its head. A park is to be created around the statue, the Chinggis Khaan Statue Complex . Around 200 yurts should be able to accommodate visitors there.

See also

literature

  • Dan Levin: Genghis Khan Rules Mongolia Again, in a PR Campaign . In: New York Times . August 3, 2009, p. New York Edition A6 ( article online on NY Times web site [accessed May 31, 2011]).

Web links

Commons : Equestrian statue of Genghis Khan, Tsonjin Boldog  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Nate Rawlings: Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue; Mongolia. In: Internet pages from Time . June 26, 2010, accessed May 31, 2011 .
  2. ↑ a b c Chinggis khan statue complex. Archived from the original on August 14, 2010 ; accessed on May 31, 2011 .
  3. ↑ a b c Genghis Khan Equestrian Statue. In: Atlas Obscura. Retrieved May 31, 2011 .
  4. ^ A b Dan Levin: Genghis Khan Rules Mongolia Again, in a PR Campaign . In: New York Times . August 3, 2009, p. New York Edition A6 ( article online on NY Times web site [accessed May 31, 2011]).

Coordinates: 47 ° 48 ′ 28.5 ″  N , 107 ° 32 ′ 12.8 ″  E