The Ushiku Great Buddha: It is located in Ushiku, Japan. It stands a total of 120 metres (390 ft) tall, including the base and platform. Thanks For Reading!

The Great Standing Maitreya Buddha in Beipu, Taiwan, reaches an impressive height of 186 feet and was completed in 2011. This grand statue symbolizes compassion and the hope for a peaceful future.

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The life of a horny, selfish, mixed-heritage teenager in Seventies Bromley is brought to rich and vivid life in Emma Rice’s production, which she adapted with Hanif Kureishi from his semi ...

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This story appears in the March/April 2017 issue of National Geographic History magazine. Throughout history, small states have come out of nowhere, and rapidly become great powers. This was the ...

This iconic statue of Jesus Christ stands at 30 meters (98 feet), but with its pedestal, it reaches a total height of 38 meters (125 feet), located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. This information is not ...

This ‘glorious and intoxicating five-star’ (Times) production based on Hanif Kureishi’s award-winning novel transfers for a limited 4-week season only. South London in the late seventies. High ...