Oruro - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 07 Feb 2013 03:59:15 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Oruro - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 World's tallest Marian statue is unveiled https://cathnews.co.nz/2013/02/08/worlds-tallest-marian-statue-is-unveiled/ Thu, 07 Feb 2013 18:30:29 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=38812 The world's tallest statue of the Virgin Mary has been unveiled in the city of Oruro, Bolivia. Standing 45 metres high, the tallest Marian statue is on a 3650-metre mountain south of La Paz, the country's second largest city. Dedicated to Our Lady of Socavon, it stands nearly 7 metres taller than the Christ the Read more

World's tallest Marian statue is unveiled... Read more]]> The world's tallest statue of the Virgin Mary has been unveiled in the city of Oruro, Bolivia.

Standing 45 metres high, the tallest Marian statue is on a 3650-metre mountain south of La Paz, the country's second largest city.

Dedicated to Our Lady of Socavon, it stands nearly 7 metres taller than the Christ the Redeemer statue atop Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

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