Statues

Sites that include famous / monumental statues (sculptures depicting a specific entity, usually a person, event, animal or object ).

World Heritage Sites connected to 'Statues':

  • Acropolis Phidias (statue of goddess Athena)
  • Alcalá de Henares Cervantes
  • Ancient Nara Gigantic Daibutsu statue at Todaiji Temple
  • Anuradhapura Samadi Buddha
  • Ayutthaya Phra Mongkhon Bophit, Great Buddha
  • Bamberg Bamberger Reiter
  • Bamiyan Valley Buddhas
  • Budapest Hero square has many Hungarian's heroes statues
  • Congonhas Made by Aleijadinho
  • Florence David by Michaelangelo
  • Kremlin and Red Square Red Square's Monument to Minin and Pozharsky
  • Kronborg Castle Statue of Ogier the Dane
  • Liverpool Numerous statues of imperial British, including Queen Victoria
  • Mausoleum of the First Qin Emporer Terracotta army
  • Mount Emei, including Leshan Giant Buddha Big Buddha at Leshan and Puxian Bodhisattva statue at Mount Emei
  • Naples The Veiled Christ by Sanmartino
  • Nemrut Dag
  • Novgorod Millenium of Russia Monument (includes 129 individual statues)
  • Osun-Osogbo Osun Shrine
  • Paris, Banks of the Seine Paris's Statue of Liberty on the island, Eiffel Statue under Eiffel Tower, Joan of Arc golden statue next to Jardin de Tuileries.
  • Polonnaruva Lying Budha
  • Prague Charles Bridge
  • Pyramids (Memphis) Great Sphinx of Giza
  • Rapa Nui Moai
  • Rome (Santa Maria della Vittoria) Bernini - the Ecstasy of St Theresia; Moses and slaves of Michelangelo (in San Pietro in Vincoli church)
  • Salzburg Statue of Mozart and Statues in Mirabell Park (from the Sound of Music film)
  • San Agustín Best example of Precolumbian statues
  • Seokguram Grotto and Bulguksa Temple Seokguram Grotto's famous Seokgamoni Buddha
  • SGang Gwaay Totem poles
  • St. Petersburg Bronze Horseman
  • Statue of Liberty
  • Sukhothai Great Buddha statue at Si Chum Temples
  • Temple, Mansion and Cemetery of Confucius Gold statue of Confucius
  • Upper Middle Rhine Valley Deutsches Eck in Koblenz
  • Vatican City Michaelangelo Pieta, Laokon and his Sons
  • Versailles Louis XIV statue at outer courtyard
  • Vienna Statues of Maria Theresa and Pallas Athena
  • Wachau Cultural Landscape Venus of Willendorf
  • Westminster Statue of Richard the Lionheart in Westminster Palace