Monumental crosses


This is a list of notable monumental crosses.
NameCountryTownCoordinatesHeightYear of completionPictureRemarks
Cruz de los CaídosSpainSan Lorenzo de El Escorial40.641800 -4.155596150 m1956
Dambana ng Kagitingan Memorial CrossPhilippinesPilar, Bataan14.6058464 120.508727495 m1970observation deck in crossarm
Cruz del Tercer MilenioChileCoquimbo-29.952048 -71.34753092 m2001observation deck in crossarm
Radio Relay Tower of Radio Vatican Transmission CenterVaticanSanta Maria di Galeria42.0441298778 12.322277426778 m1957Cross-shaped radio tower
Cross of All NationsLebanonBaskinta33.9652146 35.813841873.8 m2010
Skopje Millenium CrossMacedoniaSkopje41.964994 21.39437266 m2011
Great CrossUSAJacksonville, Florida29.9042789 -81.313526663.4 m1966
El Glorioso Cristo de ChiapasMexicoCopoya, Municipio de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas16.7176 -93.12162 m2011
Haughton CrossUSAHaughton, Louisiana32.554724 -93.62253960.65 m2009
Cross at First Baptist Church of Central FloridaUSAOrlando, Florida28.548272 -81.50695160.65 m2008
The Cross at the CrossroadsUSAEffingham, Illinois39.107602 -88.57120360.35 m2001
Cross of HopeLebanonIjdabra34.2491731 35.701020160 mHigh-rise building in shape of a double cross with a church in one arm
Cross of Our Lord Jesus ChristUSAGroom, Texas35.2098038 -101.123494957.91 m1955
Skopje Aerodrom CrossMacedoniaSkopje41.977664 21.46459256.5 m2014
Basílica de la Virgen del Camino CrossSpainLeón42.5784 -5.6399808353 m1961
Meskel CrossEthiopiaMekelle13.495427 39.48814452 m2017
Sagemont Church CrossUSAHouston, Texas29.5996555 -95.219889951.82 m2009
Artsakh CrossAzerbaijanDashushen50 m2017
Edmond CrossUSAEdmond, Oklahoma35.6497844 -97.422487749.7 m1996
Third Millenium CrossPolandDębica50.0156403 21.5760500747 m2006observation deck on the structure
Chełmiec Millenium CrossPolandBoguszów-Gorce50.780112 16.21156145 m2000
Gora Qabaristan CrossPakistanKarachi24.8561 67.049842.7 m2015
La Cruz de La Capilla Ecuménica de La PazMexicoAcapulco, Guerrero16.822722 -99.85599242 m1970
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970PolandGdansk54.3605263 18.649035142 m3 crosses
Góra Liwocz SanktuariumPolandBrzyska49.813284 21.35132341 mChapel with 18 metres high cross on the tower, also used for radio transmission
Pilgerkreuz VeitschAustriaVeitsch47.5832817 15.490849340.70 m2004observation deck in crossarm
Danube Park Papal CrossAustriaVienna48.2392518 16.408724840 m1983
Păun Trinitas CrossRomaniaPăun47.1004938473 27.665591239940 m2006broadcasting tower
Ujazd Millenium CrossPolandUjazd49.8025499 21.4017185568840 m2002
Kobayat CrossLebanonKobayat34.559023781 36.276820640 m2013
Cross of Chillán CathedralChilleChillán-36.6065409415 -72.10215032139 m1950
Gardendale Baptist Church CrossUSAGardendale, Alabama33.664572 -86.83058138.1 m2010
Joseph CrossGermanyStolberg51.580574 11.00562438 m1896double cross, observation deck on the top
Cruz del ÁvilaVenezuelaCaracas10.5250544 -66.885238037 m1982
Limanowski CrossPolandLimanowa49.718916 20.44061337 m1999
Caraiman Peak Heroes CrossRomaniaBuşteni45.415993 25.49746536 m1928
Dublin Papal CrossIrelandDublin53.356648829 -6.3290654635.36 m1979
Hrobacza Łąka CrossPolandBielsko-Biała49.822710268 19.1650566458735 m2002
Romanian People's Salvation CrossMoldovaNisporeni47.069618 28.20075135 m2011
Watchman CrossUSAPonce, Puerto Rico18.019242 -66.619999434 m1984
Bald Knob CrossUSAAlto Pass, Illinois37.55195224 -89.34637919033.83 m1963
Catfish House Giant CrossUSAFlorence, Missouri32.160798 -90.12720333.53 m2015
Lake City CrossUSALake City, South Carolina33.889095 -79.75552933.53 m2016
Hum Hill Millenium CrossBosnia and HerzegovinaMostar43.329521 17.80694433 m2002
Artashavan Holy CrossArmeniaArtashavan40.413655 44.38023333 m
Wilcy Las Millenium CrossPolandWilcy Las51.268507 15.75558532 m2000
Starej Wsi Millenium CrossPolandStara Wies49.907724189 19.12287812931.5 m2000
Mount Davidson CrossUSASan Francisco, California37.738353 -122.45478331.39 m1934
Mount Royal CrossCanadaMontreal45.508860 -73.58793631.4 m1924
Piatra Fântânele CrossRomaniaBistriţa47.2397217 25.011051931 m
Caryville CrossUSACaryville, Tennessee36.374491 -84.24021130.94 m2003
Ballinger CrossUSABallinger, Texas31.7237343574 -99.932244130.48 m1993
Calvary Church CrossUSASpringfield, Illinois39.744032, -89.66002830.48 m2015
Pro-Life Millenium CrossCanadaAberdeen, Saskatchewan52.38949015 -106.157952830.48 m2005
Perchiu Hill Hero CrossRomaniaOnesti46.263458 26.75371530 m1999broadcasting tower
Golgota Beskidów CrossPolandRadziechowy49.6389923 19.11797030 m2001
Iwierzyce Millenium CrossPolandIwierzyce50.038784 21.72070730 m
Jakob CrossAustriaSankt Jakob in Haus47.484348 12.58126929.6 m2014double cross, observation decks in and on crossarms and on the top
Fort Jefferson Memorial CrossUSAWickliffe, Kentucky36.957471 -89.09244228.96 m1999
El Cristo RotoMexicoSan José de Gracia, Aguascalientes22.139036 -102.43125628 m2006
Kreuzberg CrossGermanyBischofsheim50.370126 9.98036027 m2014
Mount Mic Hero CrossRomaniaPoiana Mărului45.364801 22.46894127 m2004
Junaluska CrossUSALake Junaluska, North Carolina35.528226 -82.968247.62 m1922

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