Key Facts

• The statue is made of concrete and stands 55.6 meters tall, about 18 meters taller than Rio de Janeiro’s Christ the Redeemer statue.
• It is located in Konotopie, a remote village far from any large population centers in Poland.
• The statue was consecrated by Bishop Krzysztof Wętkowski during a ceremony that included helicopters dropping rose petals.
• The unveiling took place on the Feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, a significant Catholic holy day.
• Catholic influence in Polish public life has recently declined, especially among younger people in cities.
• Lech Wałęsa, Poland’s first democratically elected president and a known Catholic, attended the ceremony.
• The statue features the Virgin Mary with open arms standing in a large crown.
• The statue is smaller than a 98-meter Virgin Mary statue in the Philippines but is the tallest in Europe.