Christ of Vũng Tàu

Christ the King of Vũng Tàu (Vietnamese: Tượng Chúa Kitô Vua, lit. 'Statue of Christ the King') is a statue of Jesus, standing on Mount Nhỏ in Vũng Tàu, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. The Vietnamese Catholic Church built the statue in 1974 and it was completed on 2 December 1994.

It is 32 metres (105 ft) high, standing on a 4 metres (13 ft) high platform, for a 36 metres (118 ft) total monument height with two outstretched arms spanning 18.3 metres (60 ft). There is a 133-step staircase inside the statue.

The statue is the largest Christian statue across Asia since 2012, and since its restoration in 1993, it has been a major pilgrim destination for Christians across Vietnam as well as Christian vacationers.

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