Monumental crosses
This is a list of notable monumental crosses.
Name | Country | Town | Coordinates | Height | Year of completion | Picture | Remarks |
Cruz de los Caídos | Spain | San Lorenzo de El Escorial | 40.641800 -4.155596 | 150 m | 1956 | ||
Dambana ng Kagitingan Memorial Cross | Philippines | Pilar, Bataan | 14.6058464 120.5087274 | 95 m | 1970 | observation deck in crossarm | |
Cruz del Tercer Milenio | Chile | Coquimbo | -29.952048 -71.347530 | 92 m | 2001 | observation deck in crossarm | |
Radio Relay Tower of Radio Vatican Transmission Center | Vatican | Santa Maria di Galeria | 42.0441298778 12.3222774267 | 78 m | 1957 | Cross-shaped radio tower | |
Cross of All Nations | Lebanon | Baskinta | 33.9652146 35.8138418 | 73.8 m | 2010 | ||
Skopje Millenium Cross | Macedonia | Skopje | 41.964994 21.394372 | 66 m | 2011 | ||
Great Cross | USA | Jacksonville, Florida | 29.9042789 -81.3135266 | 63.4 m | 1966 | ||
El Glorioso Cristo de Chiapas | Mexico | Copoya, Municipio de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | 16.7176 -93.121 | 62 m | 2011 | ||
Haughton Cross | USA | Haughton, Louisiana | 32.554724 -93.622539 | 60.65 m | 2009 | ||
Cross at First Baptist Church of Central Florida | USA | Orlando, Florida | 28.548272 -81.506951 | 60.65 m | 2008 | ||
The Cross at the Crossroads | USA | Effingham, Illinois | 39.107602 -88.571203 | 60.35 m | 2001 | ||
Cross of Hope | Lebanon | Ijdabra | 34.2491731 35.7010201 | 60 m | High-rise building in shape of a double cross with a church in one arm | ||
Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ | USA | Groom, Texas | 35.2098038 -101.1234949 | 57.91 m | 1955 | ||
Skopje Aerodrom Cross | Macedonia | Skopje | 41.977664 21.464592 | 56.5 m | 2014 | ||
Basílica de la Virgen del Camino Cross | Spain | León | 42.5784 -5.63998083 | 53 m | 1961 | ||
Meskel Cross | Ethiopia | Mekelle | 13.495427 39.488144 | 52 m | 2017 | ||
Sagemont Church Cross | USA | Houston, Texas | 29.5996555 -95.2198899 | 51.82 m | 2009 | ||
Artsakh Cross | Azerbaijan | Dashushen | 50 m | 2017 | |||
Edmond Cross | USA | Edmond, Oklahoma | 35.6497844 -97.4224877 | 49.7 m | 1996 | ||
Third Millenium Cross | Poland | Dębica | 50.0156403 21.57605007 | 47 m | 2006 | observation deck on the structure | |
Chełmiec Millenium Cross | Poland | Boguszów-Gorce | 50.780112 16.211561 | 45 m | 2000 | ||
Gora Qabaristan Cross | Pakistan | Karachi | 24.8561 67.0498 | 42.7 m | 2015 | ||
La Cruz de La Capilla Ecuménica de La Paz | Mexico | Acapulco, Guerrero | 16.822722 -99.855992 | 42 m | 1970 | ||
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 | Poland | Gdansk | 54.3605263 18.6490351 | 42 m | 3 crosses | ||
Góra Liwocz Sanktuarium | Poland | Brzyska | 49.813284 21.351323 | 41 m | Chapel with 18 metres high cross on the tower, also used for radio transmission | ||
Pilgerkreuz Veitsch | Austria | Veitsch | 47.5832817 15.4908493 | 40.70 m | 2004 | observation deck in crossarm | |
Danube Park Papal Cross | Austria | Vienna | 48.2392518 16.4087248 | 40 m | 1983 | ||
Păun Trinitas Cross | Romania | Păun | 47.1004938473 27.6655912399 | 40 m | 2006 | broadcasting tower | |
Ujazd Millenium Cross | Poland | Ujazd | 49.8025499 21.40171855688 | 40 m | 2002 | ||
Kobayat Cross | Lebanon | Kobayat | 34.559023781 36.2768206 | 40 m | 2013 | ||
Cross of Chillán Cathedral | Chille | Chillán | -36.6065409415 -72.102150321 | 39 m | 1950 | ||
Gardendale Baptist Church Cross | USA | Gardendale, Alabama | 33.664572 -86.830581 | 38.1 m | 2010 | ||
Joseph Cross | Germany | Stolberg | 51.580574 11.005624 | 38 m | 1896 | double cross, observation deck on the top | |
Cruz del Ávila | Venezuela | Caracas | 10.5250544 -66.8852380 | 37 m | 1982 | ||
Limanowski Cross | Poland | Limanowa | 49.718916 20.440613 | 37 m | 1999 | ||
Caraiman Peak Heroes Cross | Romania | Buşteni | 45.415993 25.497465 | 36 m | 1928 | ||
Dublin Papal Cross | Ireland | Dublin | 53.356648829 -6.32906546 | 35.36 m | 1979 | ||
Hrobacza Łąka Cross | Poland | Bielsko-Biała | 49.822710268 19.16505664587 | 35 m | 2002 | ||
Romanian People's Salvation Cross | Moldova | Nisporeni | 47.069618 28.200751 | 35 m | 2011 | ||
Watchman Cross | USA | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 18.019242 -66.6199994 | 34 m | 1984 | ||
Bald Knob Cross | USA | Alto Pass, Illinois | 37.55195224 -89.346379190 | 33.83 m | 1963 | ||
Catfish House Giant Cross | USA | Florence, Missouri | 32.160798 -90.127203 | 33.53 m | 2015 | ||
Lake City Cross | USA | Lake City, South Carolina | 33.889095 -79.755529 | 33.53 m | 2016 | ||
Hum Hill Millenium Cross | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mostar | 43.329521 17.806944 | 33 m | 2002 | ||
Artashavan Holy Cross | Armenia | Artashavan | 40.413655 44.380233 | 33 m | |||
Wilcy Las Millenium Cross | Poland | Wilcy Las | 51.268507 15.755585 | 32 m | 2000 | ||
Starej Wsi Millenium Cross | Poland | Stara Wies | 49.907724189 19.122878129 | 31.5 m | 2000 | ||
Mount Davidson Cross | USA | San Francisco, California | 37.738353 -122.454783 | 31.39 m | 1934 | ||
Mount Royal Cross | Canada | Montreal | 45.508860 -73.587936 | 31.4 m | 1924 | ||
Piatra Fântânele Cross | Romania | Bistriţa | 47.2397217 25.0110519 | 31 m | |||
Caryville Cross | USA | Caryville, Tennessee | 36.374491 -84.240211 | 30.94 m | 2003 | ||
Ballinger Cross | USA | Ballinger, Texas | 31.7237343574 -99.9322441 | 30.48 m | 1993 | ||
Calvary Church Cross | USA | Springfield, Illinois | 39.744032, -89.660028 | 30.48 m | 2015 | ||
Pro-Life Millenium Cross | Canada | Aberdeen, Saskatchewan | 52.38949015 -106.1579528 | 30.48 m | 2005 | ||
Perchiu Hill Hero Cross | Romania | Onesti | 46.263458 26.753715 | 30 m | 1999 | broadcasting tower | |
Golgota Beskidów Cross | Poland | Radziechowy | 49.6389923 19.117970 | 30 m | 2001 | ||
Iwierzyce Millenium Cross | Poland | Iwierzyce | 50.038784 21.720707 | 30 m | |||
Jakob Cross | Austria | Sankt Jakob in Haus | 47.484348 12.581269 | 29.6 m | 2014 | double cross, observation decks in and on crossarms and on the top | |
Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross | USA | Wickliffe, Kentucky | 36.957471 -89.092442 | 28.96 m | 1999 | ||
El Cristo Roto | Mexico | San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes | 22.139036 -102.431256 | 28 m | 2006 | ||
Kreuzberg Cross | Germany | Bischofsheim | 50.370126 9.980360 | 27 m | 2014 | ||
Mount Mic Hero Cross | Romania | Poiana Mărului | 45.364801 22.468941 | 27 m | 2004 | ||
Junaluska Cross | USA | Lake Junaluska, North Carolina | 35.528226 -82.96824 | 7.62 m | 1922 |
Planned projects
- Cross of Blaszki, Poland, 100 m
- Constantine the Great Cross, Serbia, 80 m, abandoned
- Kraljevo Cross, Kraljevo, Serbia, 33.5 m, planned