National Geographic Kids USA - November 2017

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TOP BRASS

Perched high on a

hill, this 160-foot-

tall bronze monu-

ment of a man,

woman, and child

overlooks the

Atlantic Ocean in

Dakar, Senegal. The

tallest statue in

Africa, it celebrates

the country’s inde-

pendence from

French rule.

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HIGH HEEL

Cinderella would never

be able to leave this

supersize shoe behind! A

Portuguese artist used

stainless-steel pots and

lids to create a colossal

version of the famed

fairy-tale slipper.

THUMBS-UP

The artist who created

this four-story thumb

seen in the La Défense dis-

trict of Paris, France, cast

it from an impression of

his own thumb and finger-

print. Now where’s the rest

of his hand?

READY, SET, SWIM

A 46-foot-long swimmer

strokes along the grassy

banks of the Thames River

in London, England. The

temporary statue—made

of Styrofoam hand-painted

to look like real flesh—was

set up in the British capital

to promote a TV show.

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BY JEN AGRESTA AND

SARAH WASSNER FLYNN

SUPERSIZE SCULPTURES

HORSING

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A pair of steel horse

heads greet visitors

in Falkirk, Scotland.

You can enter the

sculptures—known

as “Kelpies,” the

name of the work-

ing horses that

once pulled barges

in the area—to

admire the artwork

from the inside out.

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ROCK STAR

In Romania, the hills have ... a bushy

beard? This stone sculpture—carved

into a rock wall near the Danube

River—represents Decebal, a mighty

ruler from ancient times. Some 130

feet high, it’s the tallest rock sculp-

ture in all of Europe.

HEAD ABOVE

THE REST

What a big head you have!

This 10-story-tall bust of

20th-century Chinese

leader Mao Zedong looms

large over Changsha,

China. More than 8,

pieces of granite were

used to create the mam-

moth statue.