The 167-foot-tall statue of Christ the King is meant to serve as a landmark for Roman Catholic pilgrims the city of Swiebodzin.A gigantic statue of Jesus that Poles says is the world's largest rose majestically above a small town on Saturday, as the grandiose dream of a local priest finally came to pass.
Rev. Sylwester Zawadzki, the 78-year-old priest who created the statue said it rises 108 feet, or 33 meters — one meter for every year that Jesus lived. Other members of the construction team, however, gave differing figures. One said it rises 167 feet (51 meters) if you include a mound it sits on and the crown on the head. This is worth the trip to Poland.
