List of Statues By Height - Destroyed

Destroyed

  • Great Buddha of Bamiyan; Bamiyan Province, Afghanistan. 55 m (180 ft). Completed in 554 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
  • Statue of Nebuchadnezzar, Province of Babylon. 45 m (147 ft).
  • Minor Buddha of Bamiyan; Bamiyan province, Afghanistan. 37 m (121 ft). Completed in 507 and destroyed by the Taliban in 2001.
  • Colossus of Nero (later renamed as Colossus Solis); Rome, Italy. 36 m (120 ft). Completed in 75 with unknown date of destruction.
  • The Cosmoplanetary Messiah; near Castellane, Alpes-de-Haute-Provence, France. 33 m (108 ft). Completed in 1990 and destroyed in 2001.
  • Colossus of Rhodes; Rhodes island, Dodecanese region, Greece. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 280 BC and destroyed in 226 BC.
  • Monument to the victory of the people of Slavonia; Požega-Slavonia County, Croatia. 30 m (98.5 ft). Completed in 1968 and destroyed in 1992. It was once the biggest abstract sculpture in the World.
  • Statue of Maitreya Buddha; Ulan Bator, Mongolia. 24.5 m (80 ft). Completed in the 19th century and destroyed in 1937.
  • King of Kings Jesus Statue, Monroe, Ohio, United States 19 m (62 ft) Completed in 2004, destroyed in 2010 by lightning strike and fire.
  • Stalin's Monument in Prague, Czechoslovakia. 15.5 m (51 ft), stood on some 15 m (49 ft) pedestal. Completed in 1955, destroyed in 1962.
  • Statue of Artemis, Temple of Artemis, Ephesus, Turkey. 15 m (49 ft). Completed in c. 550 BC and destroyed in 156 BC.
  • Statue of Zeus at Olympia; Olympia, Peloponnese region, Greece. 12 m (39 ft). Completed in 432 BC and destroyed in 475 AD.
  • Goddess of Democracy; Beijing, People's Republic of China. 10 m (33 ft). Completed and destroyed in 1989.
  • Paro, Rapa Nui, Chile. 9.8 m (32 ft). Completed between circa 1250 CE and 1500 CE. See also Moai Paro.
  • Colossal statue of Constantine, Basilica Nova of Maxentius and Constantine, Roman Forum, Rome, Italy.
  • Kshitigarbha; Hatyai, Thailand. 9 m (33 ft).
  • Statue of Athena Parthenos, Parthenon, Athens, Greece. 9 m (33 ft). Completed in 438 BC and destroyed in the 5th century AD.
  • Statue of Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Považská Bystrica. 8.70 m (28.5 ft). Completed on Sunday 5.5.1940 and destroyed on Monday 5.12.1955.

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