World's largest Jesus Christ statue rising in Poland.

Poland finishes world’s largest Jesus statue-WATCH VIDEO
A Roman Catholic priest from Poland is building the world's largest image of Jesus Christ near the Polish-German border in western Poland.
The statue is bigger and taller than the ones in Bolivia and Brazil which are around 33 meters excluding the pedestals.
Father Sylwester Zawadzki, who is constructing the statue said he came up with the idea to build a statue of Christ larger than any other in the world five years ago.
"My first vocation was to become a priest. My second was to build the statue," the priest told .
According to Jan Zawadzki, who is the brother of the priest and project foremen said the statue will have a total 58 meters [190 feet] high from the base and 24 meters wide at the arms.
The statue is being constructed in a four acre lot and will be visible from the A2 highway linking Warsaw and Berlin.
A view of theChrist the Redeemer statue,
as seen from a helicopter
The Statue of Jesus Christ in Brazil (Christ the Redeemer) is considered one of the tallest in the world.The statue is 39.6 metres (130 ft) tall, including its 9.5 meter (31 feet) pedestal, and 30 metres (98 ft) wide.

Cristo de la Concordia

Slightly taller is the (Cristo de la Concordia) which stands at 132.7 feet. It is also bigger that the one in Brazil, making it the largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world.
On November 21 the Poland statue of Jesus Christ will be completed. It will become the largest art deco statue of Jesus Christ in the world.

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