Christ the King Statue, Świebodzin

Christ the King is a statue of Jesus Christ in Świebodzin, western Poland, completed on 6 November 2010. The figure is 33 metres tall, the crown is 3 metres tall, and along with its mound, it reaches 52.5 metres overall. It took five years in total to construct and cost around $1.5 million to build, which was collected from donations of the 21,000 residents of the town. The project was conceived and led by Sylwester Zawadzki, a retired Polish priest. Since its completion in 2010, the statue has been featured in 10 Most Today’s, “Ten Most Famous Jesus Statues in the World” in 2013 and SpiritualRay’s “Fourteen Most Famous Statues of Jesus Around the World” in 2018. The world’s tallest Jesus statue also became the only Jesus statue with its own antennae and WiFi connection. It remains the tallest Jesus statue in the world according to the Guinness Book of World Records. ()