Images tagged "statue"
A gilded statue of Buddha in Ananda Pahto. Old Bagan.
A statue of Buddha in Dhammayangyi Pahto. Old Bagan.
A pair of Buddha statues in Dhammayangyi Pahto. Old Bagan.
A scene from Swedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
The famous Mahamuni Buddha in the Mahamuni temple in Mandalay - one of the three holiest places in Burma (Myanmar). The statue is covered with thick layer of gold formed by very thin gold leafs stuck by the pilgrims since several centuries.
View towards Tung Chung from the cable car to Po Lin Monastery and the Big Buddha.
Famous Big Buddha on Lantau Island seen from the cable car between Tung Chung and Po Lin Monastery.
Big Buddha statue seen in between the buildings. Lantau Island.
"Tourist walking street" leading to the Big Buddha statue near the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island.
Famous show inspired by the story and movie of Lion King in Hong kong Disneyland.
The sculpture of Donald Duck in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Statue of a Franciscan monk in the old city of Jerusalem.
Holy statue in the Kyiomizu temple in Kyoto being polished with thousands of hands.
Fat Buddha on one of the streets in Kyoto.
An amateur performer dressed as a Roman soldier on top of the entrance colonnade of the hippodrome in Jerash.
Roman soldier presenting his helmet and armor after the show in the hippodrome in Jerash.
A guard dresses as a Roman centurion. Jerash.
Photo with a Roman gladiator. Jerash.
Roman soldiers and gladiators are played by enthusiasts recruited among the former Jordanian soldiers. Jerash.
King Sigismund's Column - the oldest monument in Warsaw and the mansion houses of the Castle Square seen from Krakowskie Przedmieście or Trakt Królewski (Royal Avenue).
Ho Chi Minh - a communist national hero of Vietnam is sometimes shown on the posters as a blossoming flower. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
The Dharma Wheel flanked by two deers (male and female) at the top of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. Far in the background is the Potala Palace - the winter seat of the Dalai Lama - the spiritual loeader of Tibet.
An entrance gate to the palace complex in Mysore, Karnataka with sculpted tiger head at the foreground.
Chinese lion on a Hong Kong street
Cherub and pigeon of the fountain of Neptune on Piazza Navona, Rome.
A dragon at the ridge of the roof of the Longshan Temple, Taipei.
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Hourly change of guards in front of the Chang Kai-Shek monument inside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Hourly change of guards in front of the Chang Kai-Shek monument inside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Impeccably dressed and motionless guard inside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Statue of Budai (Laughing Buddha) in Wufei Temple. Tainan.
Fearsome, black faced statues in the Dongyue Temple. Tainan.
Elaborately dressed statue inside the City God Temple. Tainan.
Statues of deified generals inside the Official God of War Temple. Tainan.
Lower part of the standing Buddha statue in the Chingodo Shrine near the Senso-ji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo.
Jizo statues dedicated to unborn children at the cemetery near the Zojo-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo.
Elderly Japanese pay tribute to the fallen soldiers commemorated in the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
Gigantic seated statueas in front of the pylons of the Amun temple in Luxor.
Temple of Amun in Karnak.
Statue of Ramses II in front of the main alley of the temple of Amun in Karnak.
Inside the temple of Amun in Karnak at night.
Ramessesum. Luxor.
Ramessesum. Luxor.
Statue of Ramses II in the Temple of Amon in Karnak.
The temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahri. A wall ending with a falcon head.
The famous Memnon Collosi by the road leading to the Valley of the Kings. Luxor, the western bank of the Nile.
This monument is a symbol of Madrid and stands on Plaza Puerta del Sol.
The monument of a famous painter Diego Velasques in front of the Museum Prado in Madrid.
The statue of Tian Tan Buddha also known as the Big Buddha - a large bronze statue of a Buddha Amoghasiddhi at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island.
The face of the Big Buddha.
The statue of Tian Tan Buddha also known as the Big Buddha - a large bronze statue of a Buddha Amoghasiddhi at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island.
A tiny statue in front of a Chinese temple on of Hong Kong Outlaying Islands.
Colorful frescoes and sculptures of the church of San Xavier del Bac earned its interior the name of "American Sistine Chapel" and are considered the finest example of Spanish mission architecture in the US.
Kneeling statue of Pope Pius IX in Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Rome.
Piazza dei Campodoglio in Rome with the famous equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius from 175 AD (front) . The present statue is a replica made in 1981 and the original is in the Capitoline Museum seen at the background.
Tomb of Raphael Santi with a sculpture of Madonna del Sasso created by Raphael’s student Lorenzetto. Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
Tomb of the Italian king Victor Emanuel II inside the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
"Roman soldier" waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with him in front of the Pantheon. Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
"Roman soldier" waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with him in front of the Pantheon. Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
A lady waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with her "Roman soldiers" in front of the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
Campo di Fiori - a square in Rome on which Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake. The monument at the centre was erected to his memory.
The Laocoön Group - one of the most famous ancient sculptures in the world. Museo Pio-Clementino in the Vatican Museums, Vatican.
The Belvedere Torso by the Athenian sculptor Apollonios (Ist century B.C) showing probably the Greek hero Ajax. Hall of the Muses in the Vatican Museums. Vatican.
Statue of Hera Barberini. Vatican Museums, Vatican.
The gilded bronze sculpture of the "Hercules of the Theatre of Pompey". Vatican Museums, Vatican.
Polish King John III Sobieski’s victory over the Turks in Vienna in 1683 - a picture painted by the Polish painter Jean Matejko displayed in the Sobieski Room in the Vatican Museums, Vatican.
Saint Peter holding the keys to heaven in front of the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican.
Buddha statue in one of the rock temples of Ellora, Maharashtra.
The monument of Tenzing Norgay, who climbed Mount Everest as the first man in history together with British explorer Edmund Hillary. Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Adornments of the gopuram (tower) of Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Adornments of the gopuram (tower) of Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Magnificent sculptures of the largest temple complex in India in Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam in Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu.
Monument in front of the southern gate of Angkor Thom.
Old nun taking care of a Buddha statue in dark arcades of Preah Khan temple.
One of the world famous, mysterious faces in Bayon at dawn. Angkor Thom.
Bayon. Stone face smiling mysteriously in the rays of the sunset.
Smiling face. Bayon temple in Angkor.
Detail of a building near one of the temples in Angkor.
Old lady without feet and hands (possibly lost from a mine explosion) taking care of one of the monuments in Angkor Wat.
Soc realist sculpture in front of the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum, created by the sculptor brought from North Korea. Vientiane.
Museum of Kaysone Phomvihane - the communist leader of Laos and the first Prime Minister. Vientiane.
One of the soc realist sculptures in front of the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum, created by the sculptor brought from North Korea. Vientiane.
Soc realist sculpture in front of the Museum of Kaysone Phomvihane - the communist leader of Laos and the first Prime Minister. Vientiane.
Inside Wat Si Saket - the oldest and most beautiful temple in Vientiane is more than 2000 statues of Buddha placed in niches around the courtyard.
Inside Wat Si Saket - the oldest and most beautiful temple in Vientiane is more than 2000 statues of Buddha placed in niches around the courtyard.
Inside Wat Si Saket - the oldest and most beautiful temple in Vientiane is more than 2000 statues of Buddha placed in niches around the courtyard.
Statues of Buddha around Haw Pha Kaew temple (now museum) in Vientiane.
Richly decorated entrance to Haw Pha Kaew temple (now museum) in Vientiane.
A dragon in front of the royal temple Haw Pha Kaew (now museum) in Vientiane.
One of the dragons guarding the entrance to the royal temple Haw Pha Kaew (now museum). Vientiane.
Stone dragon flanking the stairway leading to Pha Tat Luang (Great Sacred Stupa). Vientiane.
The Unknown Soldier's Monument near the National Assembly in Vientiane.
Buddha statue in front of Haw Pha Kaew temple (now museum) in Vientiane.
North Korean style sculptures (actually created by a North Korean artist) in front of the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in Vientiane.
Fierce looking lion guarding the Kam Fa Temple. Coloane Island.
The main monument commemorating hundreds of Japanese residents of Saipan Island, who died at the foot of Banzai Cliff in 1945.
An Indian man with a huge plume. Zocalo, Mexico City.
Lion guarding a temple near Durbar Square in Bhaktapur.
Durbar Square, Kathmandu.
Girl from Bhaktapur on the steps of the Nyatapola Temple.
Holy sadhu posing for paid photos for tourists in Durbar Square in Patan.
Statue of the Mermaid of Warsaw - the symbol of the capital of Poland on the town square in the Old Town district of the city.
Wooden cross with a figure of Christ in a village in the Masurian Lakeland district north-east of Poland.
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall (Chinese: 维多利亚剧院及音乐会堂) in the cicvic district of Singapore with its clock tower and the monument of Sir Stamford Raffles - the founder of modern Singapore.
Standing Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Sitting Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Lion from Polonnaruwa.
Stone columns and standing Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Wooden statue of Shiva with flute in an antique shop on the suburbs of Kandy.
Sitting Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Mythical guardian supporting the pedestal of a golden chedi in the Wat Phra Kaew temple complex of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
A shrine in front of the main prayer hall (Ubosot) of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) within the Grand Palace complex in Bangkok.
Mytical guardian supporting a stepped chedi in the Wat Phra Kaew (Emerald Buddha) complex within the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Giant demon guardians (Yaksha) among the temples and pavilions of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Buddha statues in Chiang Dao Cave. Northern Thailand.
Feet of the 46 meters long resting Buddha in Wat Pho (Temple of Reclining Buddha), Bangkok.
People poring water on the golden statue of Buddha in front of Wat Phra Singh. Chiang Mai.
The five-ton golden Buddha in Wat Traimit in Bangkok.
Enormous photo of the king of Thailand - Bhumibol Adulyadej on the street in Bangkok.
The Royal Pantheon (Prasat Phra Thep Bidon) , where statues of the past rulers of Thailand are enshrined. Grand Palace complex, Bangkok.
Head of the 46 meters long resting Buddha in Wat Pho (Temple of Reclining Buddha), Bangkok.
Buddha statues flooded by light from above in Chiang Dao Cave. Northern Thailand.
The Jawo Sakyamuni Buddha statue brought from China by Princess Wencheng, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
The statue of Buddha Maitreya. Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
Padmasambhava Statue in the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
The statue of Buddha Maitreya. Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
The oldest and most stately lama from the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
One of the many holy statues of Buddha in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
One of the fierce looking deities in the Kumbum stupa in Gyantse.
One of many giaant Buddha statues in Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
Statue of Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesus in front of San Juan Capistrano mission in San Antonio, Texas.
Walt Disney's statue with Snow White's castle at the background. Disney World, Orlando, Florida.
Tadeusz Kościuszko statue at Lafayette Square, Washington, DC.
Fragment of the Memorial Wall and US Army uniform with a patch in honor of those fallen in Vietnam War. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Washington, DC.
The Three Soldiers statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
Iwo Jima Memorial (Marine Corps War Memorial) at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC.
Statues of animals and officals at the beginning of ceremonial courtyard in front of Emperor Tu Duc's tomb near Hue.
A man wearing a uniform of a Vietnamese soldier carries goods along the Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hanoi with a white socrealist Martyrs Monument at the background.
Buddha statue and silhouettes of the bell-shaped stupas in Borobudur at sunrise.
Sculptures of Borobudur stupa.
A statue of Nandi (bull) - the vehicle of Lord Shiva inside the vahana (vehicle) temple in Prambanan.
The famous statue from Sumatra in the National Museum in Jakarta.
Victoria Memorial - placed at the centre of Queen's Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace, London.
Nelson's Column and one of four bronze lions of the monument built on Trafalgar Square to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Equestrian statue of George IV and the Elizabeth Tower (known as Big Ben) seen from Trafalgar Square. London.
Albert Memorial commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. Kensington Gardens, London.
The seated statue of Prince Albert. Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London.
Royal Albert Hall with a monument of Prince Albert robed as a Knight of the Garter. South Kensington, London.
Offering of bananas and colorful statueas of Hindu deities. Sri Mahamariamman Hindu Temple, Kuala Lumpur.
A window from Syracuse, Sicily with a photo of a statue of Virgin Mary, decorated with artificial flowers.
The statue of Virgin Mary carried during the night procession on Good Friday in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily.
Statues of Christ in glass coffin and Virgin Mary are carried through the streets of Ragusa Ibla in Sicily during the night procession on Good Friday.
Symbolic body of Christ in a glass coffin an a statue of Virgin Mary is carried back to the cathedral of San Giorgio in Modica, Sicily after the night procession on Good Friday.
Men from Birgu (Vittoriosa) in the famous run with the statue of Christ Risen on Easter Sunday.
Procession with the statue of Christ Risen on Easter Sunday in Cospicua.
Statue covered by the flag of the Holy See as if waiting to be unveiled - in front of the church of St. Therese of Jesus (St. Tereza ta' Gesu') in Bormla (Cospicua).
Statue of Mary and baby Jesus in the street of Mdina.
Joyful procession of the residents of Birgu and the surrounding towns carrying the statue of the Christ Risen on the day of Easter Sunday.
Interior of Cafe Central at Herrengasse 14 - near entrance with statue of Peter Altenberg. Opened in 1876 it is one of the most famous, traditional caffes in Vienna - in 19th a key meeting place of the Viennese intellectual scene.
Under the main dome inside the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta. In the center is a statue of young Queen Victoria.
Buddha statue inside the Mahabodi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar.
Do not mess with Indian army! Varanasi.
The tomb of Mother Teresa in the Mother House - a hospice for sick and dying established in 1953 by Mother Teresa on 54A, A.J.C. Bose Road.
Monument of Sejong the Great of Joseon on Sejong-Daero road in Seoul.
Statue of lion at the wall surrounding the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.
The 4 m high sculpture of Maya Tathagata Buddha from 9th century A.D - the main cultural relic of Golgul-sa. Singyeongju.
Statue of Kokuzo Bosatsu inside Great Hall (Daibutsunden) of Todai-ji temple in Nara.
Jizo statues at Kofuku-ji Temple.in Nara.
A statue of Komoku Ten (Virupakusa) in Tokyo National Museum.
Memorial plaque and bust dedicated to Adam Mickiewicz and erected in the centenary of his birth in 1898 in the Church of St. Johns in Vilnius.
Little white angel sculpture hidden in a courtyard at 11 Šv. Mykolo street in Vilnius.
Statue of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz next to St. Anne's Church and the adjacent Bernardine Church in Vilnius.
Tomb of marshal Józef Piłsudski's mother with the urn containing his heart, at the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.
Grave of Izabella (Iza) Salmonowiczówna on Rossa Cemetery. The monument, often referred to as the "Angel of Death" or the "Black Angel", was created in 1903 by the sculptor Bolesław Bałzukiewicz.
Tomb of Joachim Lelewel, a prominent Polish historian, geographer, bibliographer, and politician and a key figurein the Polish November Uprising of 1830–1831. Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.
Entrance to the National Museum of Lithuania with the monument of King Mindaugas in the foreground and Gediminas' Tower (Gedimino pilies bokštas) on the hill behind it. Vilnius.
The Ghost - bronze sculpture by Ieva Rubeze on Troksnu street in the Old Town of Riga.
Change of guards in front of the Freedom Monument on the central square of Riga.
Russian Orthodox Kazan Cathedral with its famous collonade and the monument to Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov on Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg.
A wax figure resembling Marylin Monroe at the entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
Monument to Mikhail Glinka, a renowned Russian composer, in the Alexander Garden, with the Admiralty Building in the background. St. Petersburg.
The Bronze Horseman, a Monument to Peter the Great, in Senate Square in St. Petersburg.
A street performer painted gold, a "living statue" in front of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statues of Germanicus Julius Caesar (right) and mythological figure (left) in the Grand Cascade in front of the Grand Palace with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statue of Galatea adorning the Grand Cascade with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statues of mythological figures adorning the Grand Cascade infron of the Grand Palace. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Adam Fountain by the Venetian sculptor Giovanni Bonazza in the Lower Park of the Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg.
Soviet propaganda poster from 1986 with Vladimir Lenin and the text "Live and work according to Lenin!" spotted in the former Soviet Union in 1992.
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, designed by the sculptor Antoni Popiel in 1904, on Mickiewicz Square with the Sprecher's tenement house behind. Lviv (Lwów).
Arch of Glory (Polish: Łuk Chwały), a triumphal arch, symbolizing the victory and sacrifice of the young Polish volunteers (known as the "Lwów Eaglets") who died defending the city during the Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Soviet Wars (1918-1920). Next to the gate are two famous sculptures of lions still covered with wooden boxes on the photo. They were finally uncovered in 2022.
Monument to French soldiers at the Polish Military Cemetery (Cmentarz Orląt) in Lychakiv (Łyczakowski) Cemetery in Lviv (Lwów).
Tomb of Franz Seraph von Hauer. Lychakiv (Łyczakowski) Cemetery in Lviv (Lwów).
The Mangal Mahadev statue, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site located at the entrance of Ganga Talao (Grand Bassin) south of Mauritius.
Statue of Mother Teresa of Calcutta (born in Albania as Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) in front of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Tirana.
A gilded statue of Buddha in Ananda Pahto. Old Bagan.
A statue of Buddha in Dhammayangyi Pahto. Old Bagan.
A pair of Buddha statues in Dhammayangyi Pahto. Old Bagan.
A scene from Swedagon Paya. Rangoon (Yangon).
The famous Mahamuni Buddha in the Mahamuni temple in Mandalay - one of the three holiest places in Burma (Myanmar). The statue is covered with thick layer of gold formed by very thin gold leafs stuck by the pilgrims since several centuries.
View towards Tung Chung from the cable car to Po Lin Monastery and the Big Buddha.
Famous Big Buddha on Lantau Island seen from the cable car between Tung Chung and Po Lin Monastery.
Big Buddha statue seen in between the buildings. Lantau Island.
"Tourist walking street" leading to the Big Buddha statue near the Po Lin Monastery on Lantau Island.
Famous show inspired by the story and movie of Lion King in Hong kong Disneyland.
The sculpture of Donald Duck in Hong Kong Disneyland.
Statue of a Franciscan monk in the old city of Jerusalem.
Holy statue in the Kyiomizu temple in Kyoto being polished with thousands of hands.
Fat Buddha on one of the streets in Kyoto.
An amateur performer dressed as a Roman soldier on top of the entrance colonnade of the hippodrome in Jerash.
Roman soldier presenting his helmet and armor after the show in the hippodrome in Jerash.
A guard dresses as a Roman centurion. Jerash.
Photo with a Roman gladiator. Jerash.
Roman soldiers and gladiators are played by enthusiasts recruited among the former Jordanian soldiers. Jerash.
King Sigismund's Column - the oldest monument in Warsaw and the mansion houses of the Castle Square seen from Krakowskie Przedmieście or Trakt Królewski (Royal Avenue).
Ho Chi Minh - a communist national hero of Vietnam is sometimes shown on the posters as a blossoming flower. Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City).
The Dharma Wheel flanked by two deers (male and female) at the top of the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa. Far in the background is the Potala Palace - the winter seat of the Dalai Lama - the spiritual loeader of Tibet.
An entrance gate to the palace complex in Mysore, Karnataka with sculpted tiger head at the foreground.
Chinese lion on a Hong Kong street
Cherub and pigeon of the fountain of Neptune on Piazza Navona, Rome.
A dragon at the ridge of the roof of the Longshan Temple, Taipei.
Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Hourly change of guards in front of the Chang Kai-Shek monument inside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Hourly change of guards in front of the Chang Kai-Shek monument inside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Impeccably dressed and motionless guard inside the Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall, Taipei.
Statue of Budai (Laughing Buddha) in Wufei Temple. Tainan.
Fearsome, black faced statues in the Dongyue Temple. Tainan.
Elaborately dressed statue inside the City God Temple. Tainan.
Statues of deified generals inside the Official God of War Temple. Tainan.
Lower part of the standing Buddha statue in the Chingodo Shrine near the Senso-ji temple in the Asakusa district of Tokyo.
Jizo statues dedicated to unborn children at the cemetery near the Zojo-ji Buddhist temple in Tokyo.
Elderly Japanese pay tribute to the fallen soldiers commemorated in the Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo.
Gigantic seated statueas in front of the pylons of the Amun temple in Luxor.
Temple of Amun in Karnak.
Statue of Ramses II in front of the main alley of the temple of Amun in Karnak.
Inside the temple of Amun in Karnak at night.
Ramessesum. Luxor.
Ramessesum. Luxor.
Statue of Ramses II in the Temple of Amon in Karnak.
The temple of Queen Hatshepsut in Deir el-Bahri. A wall ending with a falcon head.
The famous Memnon Collosi by the road leading to the Valley of the Kings. Luxor, the western bank of the Nile.
This monument is a symbol of Madrid and stands on Plaza Puerta del Sol.
The monument of a famous painter Diego Velasques in front of the Museum Prado in Madrid.
The statue of Tian Tan Buddha also known as the Big Buddha - a large bronze statue of a Buddha Amoghasiddhi at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island.
The face of the Big Buddha.
The statue of Tian Tan Buddha also known as the Big Buddha - a large bronze statue of a Buddha Amoghasiddhi at Ngong Ping on Lantau Island.
A tiny statue in front of a Chinese temple on of Hong Kong Outlaying Islands.
Colorful frescoes and sculptures of the church of San Xavier del Bac earned its interior the name of "American Sistine Chapel" and are considered the finest example of Spanish mission architecture in the US.
Kneeling statue of Pope Pius IX in Basilica Santa Maria Maggiore. Rome.
Piazza dei Campodoglio in Rome with the famous equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius from 175 AD (front) . The present statue is a replica made in 1981 and the original is in the Capitoline Museum seen at the background.
Tomb of Raphael Santi with a sculpture of Madonna del Sasso created by Raphael’s student Lorenzetto. Pantheon, Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
Tomb of the Italian king Victor Emanuel II inside the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
"Roman soldier" waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with him in front of the Pantheon. Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
"Roman soldier" waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with him in front of the Pantheon. Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
A lady waiting for tourists willing to take a photo with her "Roman soldiers" in front of the Pantheon on Piazza della Rotonda, Rome.
Campo di Fiori - a square in Rome on which Giordano Bruno was burned at the stake. The monument at the centre was erected to his memory.
The Laocoön Group - one of the most famous ancient sculptures in the world. Museo Pio-Clementino in the Vatican Museums, Vatican.
The Belvedere Torso by the Athenian sculptor Apollonios (Ist century B.C) showing probably the Greek hero Ajax. Hall of the Muses in the Vatican Museums. Vatican.
Statue of Hera Barberini. Vatican Museums, Vatican.
The gilded bronze sculpture of the "Hercules of the Theatre of Pompey". Vatican Museums, Vatican.
Polish King John III Sobieski’s victory over the Turks in Vienna in 1683 - a picture painted by the Polish painter Jean Matejko displayed in the Sobieski Room in the Vatican Museums, Vatican.
Saint Peter holding the keys to heaven in front of the St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican.
Buddha statue in one of the rock temples of Ellora, Maharashtra.
The monument of Tenzing Norgay, who climbed Mount Everest as the first man in history together with British explorer Edmund Hillary. Darjeeling, West Bengal.
Adornments of the gopuram (tower) of Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Adornments of the gopuram (tower) of Sri Meenakshi temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Magnificent sculptures of the largest temple complex in India in Sri Ranganathaswamy Temple at Srirangam in Tiruchirappali, Tamil Nadu.
Monument in front of the southern gate of Angkor Thom.
Old nun taking care of a Buddha statue in dark arcades of Preah Khan temple.
One of the world famous, mysterious faces in Bayon at dawn. Angkor Thom.
Bayon. Stone face smiling mysteriously in the rays of the sunset.
Smiling face. Bayon temple in Angkor.
Detail of a building near one of the temples in Angkor.
Old lady without feet and hands (possibly lost from a mine explosion) taking care of one of the monuments in Angkor Wat.
Soc realist sculpture in front of the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum, created by the sculptor brought from North Korea. Vientiane.
Museum of Kaysone Phomvihane - the communist leader of Laos and the first Prime Minister. Vientiane.
One of the soc realist sculptures in front of the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum, created by the sculptor brought from North Korea. Vientiane.
Soc realist sculpture in front of the Museum of Kaysone Phomvihane - the communist leader of Laos and the first Prime Minister. Vientiane.
Inside Wat Si Saket - the oldest and most beautiful temple in Vientiane is more than 2000 statues of Buddha placed in niches around the courtyard.
Inside Wat Si Saket - the oldest and most beautiful temple in Vientiane is more than 2000 statues of Buddha placed in niches around the courtyard.
Inside Wat Si Saket - the oldest and most beautiful temple in Vientiane is more than 2000 statues of Buddha placed in niches around the courtyard.
Statues of Buddha around Haw Pha Kaew temple (now museum) in Vientiane.
Richly decorated entrance to Haw Pha Kaew temple (now museum) in Vientiane.
A dragon in front of the royal temple Haw Pha Kaew (now museum) in Vientiane.
One of the dragons guarding the entrance to the royal temple Haw Pha Kaew (now museum). Vientiane.
Stone dragon flanking the stairway leading to Pha Tat Luang (Great Sacred Stupa). Vientiane.
The Unknown Soldier's Monument near the National Assembly in Vientiane.
Buddha statue in front of Haw Pha Kaew temple (now museum) in Vientiane.
North Korean style sculptures (actually created by a North Korean artist) in front of the Kaysone Phomvihane Museum in Vientiane.
Fierce looking lion guarding the Kam Fa Temple. Coloane Island.
The main monument commemorating hundreds of Japanese residents of Saipan Island, who died at the foot of Banzai Cliff in 1945.
An Indian man with a huge plume. Zocalo, Mexico City.
Lion guarding a temple near Durbar Square in Bhaktapur.
Durbar Square, Kathmandu.
Girl from Bhaktapur on the steps of the Nyatapola Temple.
Holy sadhu posing for paid photos for tourists in Durbar Square in Patan.
Statue of the Mermaid of Warsaw - the symbol of the capital of Poland on the town square in the Old Town district of the city.
Wooden cross with a figure of Christ in a village in the Masurian Lakeland district north-east of Poland.
Victoria Theatre and Concert Hall (Chinese: 维多利亚剧院及音乐会堂) in the cicvic district of Singapore with its clock tower and the monument of Sir Stamford Raffles - the founder of modern Singapore.
Standing Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Sitting Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Lion from Polonnaruwa.
Stone columns and standing Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Wooden statue of Shiva with flute in an antique shop on the suburbs of Kandy.
Sitting Buddha. Polonnaruwa.
Mythical guardian supporting the pedestal of a golden chedi in the Wat Phra Kaew temple complex of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
A shrine in front of the main prayer hall (Ubosot) of the Temple of the Emerald Buddha (Wat Phra Kaew) within the Grand Palace complex in Bangkok.
Mytical guardian supporting a stepped chedi in the Wat Phra Kaew (Emerald Buddha) complex within the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Giant demon guardians (Yaksha) among the temples and pavilions of the Grand Palace in Bangkok.
Buddha statues in Chiang Dao Cave. Northern Thailand.
Feet of the 46 meters long resting Buddha in Wat Pho (Temple of Reclining Buddha), Bangkok.
People poring water on the golden statue of Buddha in front of Wat Phra Singh. Chiang Mai.
The five-ton golden Buddha in Wat Traimit in Bangkok.
Enormous photo of the king of Thailand - Bhumibol Adulyadej on the street in Bangkok.
The Royal Pantheon (Prasat Phra Thep Bidon) , where statues of the past rulers of Thailand are enshrined. Grand Palace complex, Bangkok.
Head of the 46 meters long resting Buddha in Wat Pho (Temple of Reclining Buddha), Bangkok.
Buddha statues flooded by light from above in Chiang Dao Cave. Northern Thailand.
The Jawo Sakyamuni Buddha statue brought from China by Princess Wencheng, Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
The statue of Buddha Maitreya. Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
Padmasambhava Statue in the Jokhang Temple, Lhasa
The statue of Buddha Maitreya. Jokhang Temple, Lhasa.
The oldest and most stately lama from the Tashilhunpo Monastery in Shigatse.
One of the many holy statues of Buddha in the Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
One of the fierce looking deities in the Kumbum stupa in Gyantse.
One of many giaant Buddha statues in Jokhang Temple in Lhasa.
Statue of Fr. Antonio Margil de Jesus in front of San Juan Capistrano mission in San Antonio, Texas.
Walt Disney's statue with Snow White's castle at the background. Disney World, Orlando, Florida.
Tadeusz Kościuszko statue at Lafayette Square, Washington, DC.
Fragment of the Memorial Wall and US Army uniform with a patch in honor of those fallen in Vietnam War. Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Washington, DC.
The Three Soldiers statue at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC.
Iwo Jima Memorial (Marine Corps War Memorial) at Arlington National Cemetery, Washington DC.
Statues of animals and officals at the beginning of ceremonial courtyard in front of Emperor Tu Duc's tomb near Hue.
A man wearing a uniform of a Vietnamese soldier carries goods along the Dinh Tien Hoang street in Hanoi with a white socrealist Martyrs Monument at the background.
Buddha statue and silhouettes of the bell-shaped stupas in Borobudur at sunrise.
Sculptures of Borobudur stupa.
A statue of Nandi (bull) - the vehicle of Lord Shiva inside the vahana (vehicle) temple in Prambanan.
The famous statue from Sumatra in the National Museum in Jakarta.
Victoria Memorial - placed at the centre of Queen's Gardens in front of Buckingham Palace, London.
Nelson's Column and one of four bronze lions of the monument built on Trafalgar Square to commemorate Admiral Horatio Nelson, who died at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805.
Equestrian statue of George IV and the Elizabeth Tower (known as Big Ben) seen from Trafalgar Square. London.
Albert Memorial commissioned by Queen Victoria in memory of her husband, Prince Albert who died of typhoid in 1861. Designed by Sir George Gilbert Scott in the Gothic Revival style. Kensington Gardens, London.
The seated statue of Prince Albert. Albert Memorial, Kensington Gardens, London.
Royal Albert Hall with a monument of Prince Albert robed as a Knight of the Garter. South Kensington, London.
Offering of bananas and colorful statueas of Hindu deities. Sri Mahamariamman Hindu Temple, Kuala Lumpur.
A window from Syracuse, Sicily with a photo of a statue of Virgin Mary, decorated with artificial flowers.
The statue of Virgin Mary carried during the night procession on Good Friday in Ragusa Ibla, Sicily.
Statues of Christ in glass coffin and Virgin Mary are carried through the streets of Ragusa Ibla in Sicily during the night procession on Good Friday.
Symbolic body of Christ in a glass coffin an a statue of Virgin Mary is carried back to the cathedral of San Giorgio in Modica, Sicily after the night procession on Good Friday.
Men from Birgu (Vittoriosa) in the famous run with the statue of Christ Risen on Easter Sunday.
Procession with the statue of Christ Risen on Easter Sunday in Cospicua.
Statue covered by the flag of the Holy See as if waiting to be unveiled - in front of the church of St. Therese of Jesus (St. Tereza ta' Gesu') in Bormla (Cospicua).
Statue of Mary and baby Jesus in the street of Mdina.
Joyful procession of the residents of Birgu and the surrounding towns carrying the statue of the Christ Risen on the day of Easter Sunday.
Interior of Cafe Central at Herrengasse 14 - near entrance with statue of Peter Altenberg. Opened in 1876 it is one of the most famous, traditional caffes in Vienna - in 19th a key meeting place of the Viennese intellectual scene.
Under the main dome inside the Victoria Memorial, Calcutta. In the center is a statue of young Queen Victoria.
Buddha statue inside the Mahabodi Temple in Bodhgaya, Bihar.
Do not mess with Indian army! Varanasi.
The tomb of Mother Teresa in the Mother House - a hospice for sick and dying established in 1953 by Mother Teresa on 54A, A.J.C. Bose Road.
Monument of Sejong the Great of Joseon on Sejong-Daero road in Seoul.
Statue of lion at the wall surrounding the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul.
The 4 m high sculpture of Maya Tathagata Buddha from 9th century A.D - the main cultural relic of Golgul-sa. Singyeongju.
Statue of Kokuzo Bosatsu inside Great Hall (Daibutsunden) of Todai-ji temple in Nara.
Jizo statues at Kofuku-ji Temple.in Nara.
A statue of Komoku Ten (Virupakusa) in Tokyo National Museum.
Memorial plaque and bust dedicated to Adam Mickiewicz and erected in the centenary of his birth in 1898 in the Church of St. Johns in Vilnius.
Little white angel sculpture hidden in a courtyard at 11 Šv. Mykolo street in Vilnius.
Statue of the Polish poet Adam Mickiewicz next to St. Anne's Church and the adjacent Bernardine Church in Vilnius.
Tomb of marshal Józef Piłsudski's mother with the urn containing his heart, at the Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.
Grave of Izabella (Iza) Salmonowiczówna on Rossa Cemetery. The monument, often referred to as the "Angel of Death" or the "Black Angel", was created in 1903 by the sculptor Bolesław Bałzukiewicz.
Tomb of Joachim Lelewel, a prominent Polish historian, geographer, bibliographer, and politician and a key figurein the Polish November Uprising of 1830–1831. Rossa Cemetery in Vilnius.
Entrance to the National Museum of Lithuania with the monument of King Mindaugas in the foreground and Gediminas' Tower (Gedimino pilies bokštas) on the hill behind it. Vilnius.
The Ghost - bronze sculpture by Ieva Rubeze on Troksnu street in the Old Town of Riga.
Change of guards in front of the Freedom Monument on the central square of Riga.
Russian Orthodox Kazan Cathedral with its famous collonade and the monument to Field Marshal Prince Kutuzov on Nevsky Prospekt in Saint Petersburg.
A wax figure resembling Marylin Monroe at the entrance to the BXOI Wax Figure Exhibition, at Bolshaya Morskaya Ulitsa 6 in St. Petersburg.
Monument to Mikhail Glinka, a renowned Russian composer, in the Alexander Garden, with the Admiralty Building in the background. St. Petersburg.
The Bronze Horseman, a Monument to Peter the Great, in Senate Square in St. Petersburg.
A street performer painted gold, a "living statue" in front of the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statues of Germanicus Julius Caesar (right) and mythological figure (left) in the Grand Cascade in front of the Grand Palace with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statue of Galatea adorning the Grand Cascade with the Court Church (Church of the Holy Apostles Peter and Paul) seen in the background. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Gilded bronze statues of mythological figures adorning the Grand Cascade infron of the Grand Palace. Peterhof near St. Petersburg.
Adam Fountain by the Venetian sculptor Giovanni Bonazza in the Lower Park of the Peterhof Palace complex near St. Petersburg.
Soviet propaganda poster from 1986 with Vladimir Lenin and the text "Live and work according to Lenin!" spotted in the former Soviet Union in 1992.
Adam Mickiewicz Monument, designed by the sculptor Antoni Popiel in 1904, on Mickiewicz Square with the Sprecher's tenement house behind. Lviv (Lwów).
Arch of Glory (Polish: Łuk Chwały), a triumphal arch, symbolizing the victory and sacrifice of the young Polish volunteers (known as the "Lwów Eaglets") who died defending the city during the Polish-Ukrainian and Polish-Soviet Wars (1918-1920). Next to the gate are two famous sculptures of lions still covered with wooden boxes on the photo. They were finally uncovered in 2022.
Monument to French soldiers at the Polish Military Cemetery (Cmentarz Orląt) in Lychakiv (Łyczakowski) Cemetery in Lviv (Lwów).
Tomb of Franz Seraph von Hauer. Lychakiv (Łyczakowski) Cemetery in Lviv (Lwów).
The Mangal Mahadev statue, a prominent Hindu pilgrimage site located at the entrance of Ganga Talao (Grand Bassin) south of Mauritius.
Statue of Mother Teresa of Calcutta (born in Albania as Mary Teresa Bojaxhiu) in front of Saint Paul's Cathedral in Tirana.