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In pics: World's tallest statue of Jesus
In pics: World's tallest statue of Jesus
Workers raise the shoulders and arms of a statue of Jesus before placing them onto the figure's body, in Swiebodzin, Poland.
Workers raise the shoulders and arms of a statue of Jesus before placing them onto the figure's body, in Swiebodzin, Poland.
People observe as workers fit the arms of a statue of Jesus before placing them onto the figure's body, in Swiebodzin, Poland, on Nov. 6, 2010. A local priest has built what he claims to be the largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world.
Workers raise the crowned head of a statue of Jesus before placing it slowly onto the figure's body, in Swiebodzin, Poland, on Saturday Nov. 6, 2010.
Local businesspeople hope the monument, which was completed on Nov. 6, will attract tourists and pilgrims and give the area an economic boost. But some Poles accuse the priest who created it of megalomania and say its grandiosity violates Christ's spirit of humility.
Poland's giant Jesus statue
Roman Catholic faithful attend the consecration of a giant statue of Jesus Christ in Swiebodzin, Poland. People in the western Polish town boast that the statue with outstretched arms dubbed "Christ the King" is the world's largest, rising even higher than Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer.
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