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Each country has its modern attractions and sights of antiquity, which are very popular and the love of locals and tourists. Usually this magnificent palaces, beautiful parks and plazas. Seldom has history buffs interested in travel and monuments. But there is a statue of the existence of which everyone should know.

1. Nearly 1.8 million tourists annually rise to the foot of a giant statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. It offers views of the city.

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2. Easter Island in Chile are stone statues of compressed volcanic ash - moai. Who, when, and most importantly why did 887 monolithic stone sculptures in height from three to five meters high and weighing about ten tons is still a mystery. It is also interesting that almost all of the statues are looking inland.

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3. In the port city of Copenhagen (Denmark) is a statue of "Little Mermaid", dedicated to the main character of the fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. The small size of the monument (height of 1.25 meters and a weight of 175 pounds) did not prevent him to become the main attraction of the city and earn the love of tourists from all over the world. The opening of the monument took place in 1909 at the initiative of the son of the founder of the brewery «Carlsberg» Carl Jacobsen.

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4. In the interior of the mountain Linyunshan in a confluence of three rivers of China is a giant statue of Buddha. Statue of seventy one meter in height was built in 713 during the reign of the Tang Dynasty. The construction of the colossal monument took a long ninety years. Today it is a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

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5. On a granite column in the center of Trafalgar Square in London is located five-meter image of the English Admiral Horatio Nelson. Forty-six-meter column in honor of the famous naval commander was built in the period from 1840 to 1843 years. It is said that Adolf Hitler had promised in the event of a successful capture of the UK to pick up a monument in Germany.

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6. On the banks of the Nile River in Egypt is the oldest monolithic monument - the Great Sphinx. Statue height of twenty meters and a height of seventy three carved out of a huge single block of limestone. It is designed as a lion lying on sand with a human face. When something between the front paws of a giant sanctuary was located.



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