The statues, which must see

ATTRACTION • STATUES

In each country, especially in the capital, there are many ancient and modern attractions that attract millions of tourists annually. Besides castles, squares, palaces and parks there are statues that cause tourists no less interest. Let's see those who just need to see while visiting a country.

 1. Easter Island, one of the most remote uninhabited islands of people, known for its huge stone statues, or as they are called Moai. Perhaps they have created to perpetuate the deified tribal leaders. (Rex Features)

 2. There are not many Christian statues that would have been more popular than the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro. Construction of this famous statue in the Art Deco style, which later became the symbol of Rio, held in the period from 1922 to 1931. (Michael Friedel / Rex Features)

 3. No visit to Copenhagen will not be considered complete if you have not seen "The Little Mermaid." This small statue commissioned in 1909 by Carl Jacobsen, son of the founder of the company «Carlsberg», after the eponymous ballet looked. (Design Pics Inc / Rex Features)

4. Worldwide installed hundreds of Buddha statues, but one of the most impressive - Buddha statue in Leshan, carved out of the rock in the south of Sichuan, China. Statue created nearly a century and completed in the year 713. Authors statues were hoping that it will calm the dangerous waters of the river, which is looking. (Prisma Bildagentur AG / Alamy

5. It is believed that the famous Sphinx at Giza was built nearly 5000 years ago. This is one of the oldest and largest statues in the world. Why and for whom it was built - is still a mystery. (National Geographic Image Collection / Alamy)

 6. The majestic figure of a seated Abraham Lincoln looks at the visitors the Lincoln Memorial in Washington DC. Experts say that his hands form a sign language version of the initials of the name of the American president. Ostensibly the sculptor Daniel Chester was a deaf-mute son, and he wanted to pay tribute to Lincoln for what the university for the deaf - Gallauden - received a collegiate degree. (Sipa Press / Rex Features)

 7. Statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson, standing proudly on the Corinthian column surrounded by four lions looking at Trafalgar Square in London for over 150 years. They say that Hitler wanted to take her to Berlin with the successful capture of the UK. (1Apix / Alamy)

 8. This is a bronze statue of Buddha in the temple Kōtoku-in in Kamakura, Japan. It was created in the 13th century, it weighs 93 tons, but the inside - a hollow, where visitors can go inside. Rudyard Kipling mentioned it in his poem in the preface to the novel "Kim". (Roy Garner / Rex Features)

 9. If you are in Brussels, most likely you will definitely see this Manneken Pis. This - the symbol of Brussels, the statue, also known as Mannequin Pis. Of Brussels say that it is set in the reminder of the events grimbergenskoy war, when the cradle with the son of Godfrey III of Leuven was hung on the tree to view the future monarch inspire citizens, and the child urinated on from there to fight under the tree warriors. (Ken Welsh / Alamy)

10. The highest statue of Shiva stands in Sanga, on the border of Bhaktapur and Kavrepalankok in Nepal. Its construction was completed only a few years ago, it is made of copper, cement, zinc and steel and is one of the first modern attractions of Nepal. (Laxman Thapa)

 11. How many statues in this gallery, naked hero Michelangelo - David - had to stand outside, but keep it in the protective walls of the museum since 1873. From the very beginning he was a patriotic symbol of the Florentine Republic. (MIMMO FRASSINETI / Rex Features)

 12. This article does not just called one of the ugliest in the world, but still worth a look at this monument to Peter the Great, if you pass by in Moscow. Statue 1997 so unpopular that even offered to send her to St. Petersburg. However, this proposal was rejected. (Oleksiy Maksymenko / Alamy)

 13. Hundreds of thousands of people every day come to see the many versions of "The Thinker" by Auguste Rodin are scattered through museums around the world (the original is in the Musée Rodin in Paris). (Corbis Bridge / Alamy)

 14. When the "growth" in the 128 meters in the Spring Temple Buddha in China Lush County is considered the highest statue in the world. The statue, completed in 2002, stands on the building of a Buddhist monastery. (Zgpdszz)

 15. In the Louvre is the famous Venus de Milo - ancient Greek statue of the goddess of love and beauty. Experts believe that once she was brightly painted and standing in a niche of the sports hall, holding apple. (Peter Scholey / Alamy)

 16. A gift from France, the US - Statue of Liberty holding her torch over New York since 1886. Originally the statue was bronze, but eventually changed color. (The Travel Library / Rex Features)

 17. The huge statue of Genghis Khan just can not miss, it towers above the tourist center in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia. Visitors can walk up to horse's head, which offers a great panoramic view. (F1 Online / Rex Features)

18. One of the most famous statues of Rome - a bronze sculpture of Marcus Aurelius on horseback, which for many hundreds of years worth at the Capitol Square. The statue depicted on the reverse side of the coin in the 0.50 Italian euro. (Hemis / Alamy)