The tallest Buddha statue

Not far from the Chinese city of Leshan is one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world - a statue of Maitreya Buddha. Until recently it was the tallest sculpture in the world. It is carved in the rocks deep in the mountain Linyunshan at the confluence of three rivers.

Work on the creation of the statue took place during the reign of the Tang Dynasty, from 713, and lasted for ninety years. height of the statue - 71 meters, the height of the head - almost 15 meters, the scope of the shoulders - almost 30 m, length of finger - 8 m, the finger feet - 1.6 m, length of nose - 5.5 m It is recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site

The tallest Buddha statue

Not far from the Chinese city of Leshan is one of the tallest Buddha statues in the world - a statue of Maitreya Buddha. Until recently it was the tallest sculpture in the world. It is carved in the rocks deep in the mountain Linyunshan at the confluence of three rivers.

Work on the creation of the statue took place during the reign of the Tang Dynasty, from 713, and lasted for ninety years. height of the statue - 71 meters, the height of the head - almost 15 meters, the scope of the shoulders - almost 30 m, length of finger - 8 m, the finger feet - 1.6 m, length of nose - 5.5 m It is recognized as UNESCO World Heritage Site

the Tallest Bridge in the World

The Millau Viaduct is a cable-stayed road-bridge that spans the valley of the river Tarn near Millau in southern France. Designed by the French structural engineer Michel Virlogeux and British architect Norman Foster, it is the tallest bridge in the world with one mast's summit at 343.0 meters above the base of the structure. It is also the 12th highest bridge in the world, with a 270 meters drop from the bridge road to the valley below. The 2460 meters long bridge is a stunning architectural and design feat. And it is beautiful to look at as well.

The bridge was opened in 2004 to close the "missing link" on the A75 autoroute that connects Paris in the north to Perpignan in the south; the Millau Viaduct was the result of 17 years of ideas, proposals, and design that resulted in shaving 37 miles off the former route through the region. But rather than choose a mundane design that simply did the job, the French went big.

5 Tallest Ferris Wheels

 “These wheels have almost replaced the skyscraper as icons,” says Dennis Speigel, president of the consulting firm International Theme Park Services. You’d expect him to say that, since his company is busy building tall, very tall Ferris wheels.

Here is a list and photos of the tallest Ferris wheels in the world. The original Ferris wheel was designed by George Washington Gale Ferris, Jr., as a landmark for the 1893 World’s Columbian Exposition in Chicago. The term Ferris wheel later came to be used generically for all such rides.

1. Singapore Flyer – 165 metre

10 World’s Tallest Lighthouses

A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lenses or, in older times, from a fire, and used as an aid to navigation for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Here are the tallest ones.

10. Storozhenskiy Light 233 feet (71 m)

Storozhenskiy Light, also known as Storozhno Light, is an active lighthouse in Lake Ladoga, Russia. It is located on a headland on the eastern side of the lake, separating the Svirsky lip of the lake from the Volkhov Bay, at the village of Storozhno. At a height of 233 feet (71 m) it is the seventh tallest “traditional lighthouse” in the world, and the fourth talleststone lighthouse. It is a twin of the slightly shorter Osinovetsky Light.