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.

REALLY
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
AROUND
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.
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