List of tallest crosses in the world

Not to be confused with Memorial cross.

List of tallest crosses in the world (minimum height (20 metres (66 feet)).

List

Name	Country	Town	Coordinates	Height m (ft)	Year of completion	Picture	Remarks
Cruz de los Caídos	Spain	San Lorenzo de El Escorial	40.641800 -4.155596	150 m (490 ft)	1958
Dambana ng Kagitingan Memorial Cross	Philippines	Pilar, Bataan	14.6058464 120.5087274	95 m (312 ft)	1970		observation deck in crossarm
Cruz del Tercer Milenio (Third Millennium Cross)	Chile	Coquimbo	-29.952048 -71.347530	92 m (302 ft)	2001		observation deck in crossarm
Cruz do santuário São Miguel Arcanjo (Cross of Sanctuary of San Miguel Archangel)	Brazil	Bandeirantes	-23.132055 -50.401194	81 m (266 ft)	2017
Radio Relay Tower of Radio Vatican Transmission Center	Italy	Santa Maria di Galeria	42.0441298778 12.3222774267	78 m (256 ft)	1957		Cross-shaped radio tower
Cross of All Nations	Lebanon	Qanat Bakish	33.9652146 35.8138418	73.8 m (242 ft)	2010
Cross of All People	Brazil	Divinópolis	-20.127070 -44.954762	73.8 m (242 ft)
Montemorelos Cross	Mexico	Montemorelos	25.243883 -99.860889	73 m (240 ft)	2021
Branson Cross	United States	Branson, Missouri	36.7519° N, 93.2249° W	66.4464 m (218.000 ft)	2018		White cross with tears
Skopje Millennium Cross	North Macedonia	Skopje	41.964994 21.394372	66 m (217 ft)	2011
Bell Tower of Lakeuden Risti Church	Finland	Seinäjoki	62.787045 22.845565	65.2 m (214 ft)	1960		bell tower of a Lutheran church with the shape of a double cross
Orthodox Cross Dračevo [1]	North Macedonia	Dračevo	41.93806, 21.51839	63.5 m (208 ft)	2024
Great Cross	United States	St. Augustine, Florida	29.9042789 -81.3135266	63.4 m (208 ft)	1966
El Glorioso Cristo de Chiapas	Mexico	Copoya, Municipio de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas	16.7176 -93.121	62 m (203 ft)	2011
Cross of Ridge Assembly of God	United States	Davenport, Florida [ citation needed ]	28.195976 -81.637552	60.96 m (200.0 ft)
Haughton Cross	United States	Haughton, Louisiana	32.554724 -93.622539	60.65 m (199.0 ft)	2009
Cross at First Baptist Church of Central Florida	United States	Orlando, Florida	28.548272 -81.506951	60.65 m (199.0 ft)	2008
The Cross at the Crossroads	United States	Effingham, Illinois	39.107602 -88.571203	60.35 m (198.0 ft)	2001
Cross of Hope	Lebanon	Ijdabra	34.2491731 35.7010201	60 m (200 ft)			High-rise building in shape of a double cross with a church in one arm
Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ	United States	Groom, Texas	35.2098038 -101.1234949	57.91 m (190.0 ft)	1955
Skopje Aerodrom Cross	North Macedonia	Skopje	41.977664 21.464592	56.5 m (185 ft)	2014
Cruz Monumental de El Arenal	Mexico	El Arenal	20.221519 -98.912044	55 m (180 ft)	2014
Central cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills	United States	Rogers, Arkansas	36.314620 -94.188198	53.34 m (175.0 ft)			ensemble of three crosses
Basílica de la Virgen del Camino Cross	Spain	León	42.580173 -5.641638	53 m (174 ft)	1961
Meskel Cross	Ethiopia	Mekelle, Tigray	13.495427 39.488144	52 m (171 ft)	2017
Sagemont Church Cross	United States	Houston, Texas	29.5996555 -95.2198899	51.82 m (170.0 ft)	2009
Aruvithura Cross [2]	India	Kottayam, Kerala	9.682450, 76.767361	50.9 m (167 ft)	2014
Central cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills	United States	Rogers, Arkansas	36.314544 -94.188260	50.29 m (165.0 ft)			ensemble of three crosses
Cross of Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes and Praise	Brazil	Ituporanga	-27.415453 -49.611125	50 m (160 ft)			observation tower
Artsakh Cross	Azerbaijan (formerly NKR)	Dashushen	39.805404 46.786311	50 m (160 ft)	2017		Demolished by Azerbaijani Armed Forces [3]
Edmond Cross	United States	Edmond, Oklahoma	35.6497844 -97.4224877	49.7 m (163 ft)	1996
Third Millennium Cross	Poland	Ropczyce	50.0156403 21.57605007	47 m (154 ft)	2006		observation deck on the structure
Drokino Hill Cross	Russia	Krasnoyarsk	56.082184 92.780719	47 m (154 ft)	2019
Large Cross at Bellevue Baptist Church	United States	Cordova, Tennessee	35.183421 -89.811886	45.72 m (150.0 ft)	1999
Large cross of Bethany World Prayer Center	United States	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	30.380179 -91.059992	45.72 m (150.0 ft)
Large cross of Restoration Fellowship Church	United States	Strasburg, Virginia	39.017533 -78.358250	45.72 m (150.0 ft)
Cruz de Chorrillos	Peru	Lima	-12.168007 -77.035343	45 m (148 ft)	1988
Chełmiec Millennium Cross	Poland	Boguszów-Gorce	50.780112 16.211561	45 m (148 ft)	2000
Charles-de-Gaulle Memorial	France	Colombey-les-Deux-Églises	48.224394 4.879641	44.3 m (145 ft)	1972
Central cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills	United States	Rogers, Arkansas	36.314640 -94.188325	44.2 m (145 ft)			ensemble of three crosses
Gora Qabaristan Cross	Pakistan	Karachi	24.8561 67.0498	42.7 m (140 ft)	2015
La Cruz de La Capilla Ecuménica de La Paz	Mexico	Acapulco, Guerrero	16.822722 -99.855992	42 m (138 ft)	1970
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970	Poland	Gdansk	54.3605263 18.6490351	42 m (138 ft)	1980		3 crosses
Muntenii de Sus Cross	Romania	Muntenii de Sus	46.666307 27.789976	42 m (138 ft)	2017
Góra Liwocz Sanktuarium	Poland	Brzyska	49.813284 21.351323	41 m (135 ft)			Chapel with 18 m (59 ft) high cross on the tower, also used for radio transmission
Pilgerkreuz Veitsch	Austria	Veitsch	47.5832817 15.4908493	40.70 m (133.5 ft)	2004		observation deck in crossarm
Danube Park Papal Cross	Austria	Vienna	48.2392518 16.4087248	40 m (130 ft)	1983
Cross of Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina	Italy	San Giovanni Rotondo	41.706515 15.704057	40 m (130 ft)	2004
Păun Trinitas Cross	Romania	Păun	47.1004938473 27.6655912399	40 m (130 ft)	2006		broadcasting tower
Trzy Lipki Cross	Poland	Bielsko-Biała	49.834716 19.017404	40 m (130 ft)	2001
Ujazd Millennium Cross	Poland	Ujazd	49.8025499 21.40171855688	40 m (130 ft)	2002
Kobayat Cross	Lebanon	Kobayat	34.559023781 36.2768206	40 m (130 ft)	2013
Hero's Cross	Romania	Caraiman Creek	45.416012 25.497492	39.3 m (129 ft)	1928
Cross of Chillán Cathedral	Chile	Chillán	-36.6065409415 -72.102150321	39 m (128 ft)	1950
Gardendale Baptist Church Cross	United States	Gardendale, Alabama	33.664572 -86.830581	38.1 m (125 ft)	2010
Large cross of Chattanooga Crossing Church	United States	Chattanooga, Tennessee	35.053366 -85.139569	38.1 m (125 ft)
River of Praise Church Cross	United States	Tomball, Texas	30.053824 -95.622324	38.1 m (125 ft)	2017
Joseph Cross	Germany	Stolberg	51.580574 11.005624	38 m (125 ft)	1896		double cross, observation deck on the top
Cruz del Ávila	Venezuela	Caracas	10.5250544 -66.8852380	37 m (121 ft)	1982
Krosno Pope Cross	Poland	Krosno	49.678390 21.771501	37 m (121 ft)	1997
Limanowski Cross	Poland	Limanowa	49.718916 20.440613	37 m (121 ft)	1999
Cruz de Calvillo	Mexico	Calvillo	21.841692 -102.727672	37 m (121 ft)	2020
Central cross of Bethany World Prayer Center	United States	Baton Rouge, Louisiana	30.380330 -91.060117 ; 30.380178 -91.059780	36.58 m (120.0 ft)			3 crosses
Central cross of Restoration Fellowship Church	United States	Strasburg, Virginia	39.017645 -78.358180 ; 39.017423 -78.358314	36.58 m (120.0 ft)			3 crosses
Batesville Cross	United States	Batesville, Mississippi	34.303105 -89.919268	36.58 m (120.0 ft)	2017
Cross at Moffley Hill	Canada	Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario	46.522022 -84.330977	36.57 m (120.0 ft)	1960
Small crosses at Bellevue Baptist Church	United States	Cordova, Tennessee	35.183524 -89.811962 ; 35.183312 -89.811808	36.57 m (120.0 ft)	1999		2 crosses
Cross of Family Worship Center	United States	Cairo, Georgia	35.2098038 -101.1234949	36.57 m (120.0 ft)	2022
Papstwarte	Austria	Horn	48.699104 15.679800	36.5 m (120 ft)	1983
Dublin Papal Cross	Ireland	Dublin	53.356648829 -6.32906546	35.36 m (116.0 ft)	1979
Hrobacza Łąka Cross	Poland	Bielsko-Biała	49.822710268 19.16505664587	35 m (115 ft)	2002
Romanian People's Salvation Cross	Moldova	Nisporeni	47.069618 28.200751	35 m (115 ft)	2011
Fátima Cruz Alta	Portugal	Fátima	39.629370 -8.674670	34 m (112 ft)	2007
Zabrze Pope Cross	Poland	Zabrze	50.324255 18.775747	34.6 m (114 ft)	1999
Watchman Cross	United States	Ponce, Puerto Rico	18.019242 -66.6199994	34 m (112 ft)	1984
Bald Knob Cross	United States	Alto Pass, Illinois	37.55195224 -89.346379190	33.83 m (111.0 ft)	1963
Catfish House Giant Cross	United States	Florence, Missouri	32.160798 -90.127203	33.53 m (110.0 ft)	2015
Lake City Cross	United States	Lake City, South Carolina	33.889095 -79.755529	33.53 m (110.0 ft)	2016
Cookeville Cross	United States	Cookeville, Tennessee	36.135426, -85.517036	33.53 m (110.0 ft)
Pigeon Forge Cross	United States	Pigeon Forge, Tennessee	35.802208, -83.581121	33.53 m (110.0 ft)
Wichita Immanuel Baptist Church Cross	United States	Wichita, Kansas	37.668336 -97.334507	33.53 m (110.0 ft)
Błonia Pope Cross	Poland	Siedlce	52.184247 22.290173	33 m (108 ft)	1999
Góra Jana Cross	Poland	Pelplin	53.928939 18.669835	33 m (108 ft)	1999
Prespa Cross	North Macedonia	Podmocani	41.029704 21.055144	33 m (108 ft)	2000
Hum Hill Millennium Cross	Bosnia and Herzegovina	Mostar	43.329521 17.806944	33 m (108 ft)	2002
Przełęcz Rędzińska Jubilee Cross	Poland	Rędziny	50.831285 15.938523	33 m (108 ft)	2000
Kruševo Cross	North Macedonia	Kruševo	41.402431 21.223285	33 m (108 ft)	2010
Pacification of Wujek	Poland	Katowice	50.243876 18.989635	33 m (108 ft)	2000
Artashavan Holy Cross	Armenia	Artashavan	40.413655 44.380233	33 m (108 ft)
St. John Paul II Parish Chapel	Lithuania	Šilainiai, Kaunas	54.925565 23.87231	33 m (108 ft)	2019		Tallest cross in Lithuania [4]
Cross at Hilltop Baptist Church	United States	Indiana, Pa	40.58633792, -79.21230442	32.9184 m (108.000 ft)
Wilcy Las Millennium Cross	Poland	Wilcy Las	51.268507 15.755585	32 m (105 ft)	2000
Starej Wsi Millennium Cross	Poland	Stara Wies	49.907724189 19.122878129	31.5 m (103 ft)	2000
Mount Davidson Cross	United States	San Francisco, California	37.738353 -122.454783	31.39 m (103.0 ft)	1934
Mount Royal Cross	Canada	Montreal	45.508860 -73.587936	31.4 m (103 ft)	1924
Piatra Fântânele Cross	Romania	Bistriţa	47.2397217 25.0110519	31 m (102 ft)
Caryville Cross	United States	Caryville, Tennessee	36.374491 -84.240211	30.94 m (101.5 ft)	2003
Hunter's Chapel Holy Church Cross	United States	Lasper, Alabama	33.791356 -87.227456	30.48 m (100.0 ft)
Inspiration Network City of Lights Campus Cross	United States	Charlotte, North Carolina	34.966975 -80.847750	30.48 m (100.0 ft)
Ballinger Cross	United States	Ballinger, Texas	31.7237343574 -99.9322441	30.48 m (100.0 ft)	1993
Calvary Church Cross	United States	Springfield, Illinois	39.744032, -89.660028	30.48 m (100.0 ft)	2015
Cross of New Providence Baptist Church	United States	Loudon, Tennessee	35.778367, -84.350973	30.48 m (100.0 ft)	2002
Pro-Life Millennium Cross	Canada	Aberdeen, Saskatchewan	52.38949015 -106.1579528	30.48 m (100.0 ft)	2005
Small crosses of Chattanooga Crossing Church	United States	Chattanooga, Tennessee	35.053317 -85.139527 ; 35.053409 -85.139600	30.48 m (100.0 ft)			3 crosses
Hammond Mission Church Cross	United States	Hammond, Louisiana	30.459164 -90.475883	30.48 m (100.0 ft)
Cruz Cerro Philippi	Chile	Puerto Varas	-41.310105 -72.980091	30 m (98 ft)	1980
Perchiu Hill Hero Cross	Romania	Onesti	46.263458 26.753715	30 m (98 ft)	1999		broadcasting tower
Cruz de Morro da Cruz	Brazil	Igrejinha	-29.539768 -50.836954	30 m (98 ft)
Golgota Beskidów Cross	Poland	Radziechowy	49.6389923 19.117970	30 m (98 ft)	2001
Brusznia Cross	Poland	Kielce	50.865336 20.563670	30 m (98 ft)	2007
Iwierzyce Millennium Cross	Poland	Iwierzyce	50.038784 21.720707	30 m (98 ft)
Svartberget Cross	Sweden	Hassela	62.086474 16.723348	30 m (98 ft)	2011
Cruz Celestial de Xicotepec	Mexico	Xicotepec	20.289408 -97.948616	30 m (98 ft)	2018
Cevo Pope Cross	Italy	Cevo	46.080364 10.363562	29.87 m (98.0 ft)	1998		collapsed in 2014, whereby one person was killed
Jakob Cross	Austria	Sankt Jakob in Haus	47.484348 12.581269	29.6 m (97 ft)	2014		double cross, observation decks in and on crossarms and on the top
Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross	United States	Wickliffe, Kentucky	36.957471 -89.092442	28.96 m (95.0 ft)	1999
Graniteville Cemetery Cross	United States	Graniteville, South Carolina	33.565444 -81.798796	28.04 m (92.0 ft)	2015
El Cristo Roto	Mexico	San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes	22.139036 -102.431256	28 m (92 ft)	2006
Wilzenberg Cross	Germany	Schmallenberg	51.152940 8.327068	28 m (92 ft)	2015
	Mexico	Mexico City	19.407514 -99.240246	28 m (92 ft)
St. Louis Grace Church Cross	United States	St. Louis, Missouri	38.741911 -90.446177	27.43 m (90.0 ft)
Rybky Millenium Cross	Slovakia	Rybky	48.727250 17.318463	27 m (89 ft)	2000
Kreuzberg Cross	Germany	Bischofsheim	50.370126 9.980360	27 m (89 ft)	2014
Mount Mic Hero Cross	Romania	Poiana Mărului	45.364801 22.468941	27 m (89 ft)	2004
Europawarte	Austria	Schrattenthal	48.747295 15.866377	26 m (85 ft)	1980
Cruz de Tenglo	Chile	Puerto Montt	-41.486429 -72.951855	25 m (82 ft)
Kamienna Góra Cross	Poland	Gdynia	54.515483 18.544027	25 m (82 ft)	1994
Święta Woda Jubilee Cross	Poland	Wasilków	53.221969 23.221664	25 m (82 ft)	2000		surrounded by smaller crosses
Potaczkowa Millennium Cross	Poland	Podobin	49.626393 20.061175	25 m (82 ft)	2000
Jelenia Góra Millennium Cross	Poland	Jelenia Góra	50.921154 15.775640	25 m (82 ft)	2002
Rankovce Cross	North Macedonia	Rankovce	42.164958 22.116283	25 m (82 ft)	2024
Muncelu Cross	Romania	Muncelu	46.860723 26.972224	25 m (82 ft)	2012
Bendoszka Wielka Cross	Poland	Bukovec	49.427868 19.044180	235 m (771 ft)	2000
Our Lady of the Sierras Cross	United States	Hereford, Arizona	31.380837 -110.23392	23 m (75 ft)	1998
Markbergkreuz	Germany	Schönau an der Brend	50.389707 10.105037	23 m (75 ft)	1998
Cluj-Napoca Fortress Cross	Romania	Cluj-Napoca	46.773925 23.582735	23 m (75 ft)	2002
Ostlandkreuz	Germany	Geislingen an der Steige	48.615477 9.829687	227 m (745 ft)	2003
Meskel cross #2	Ethiopia	Adigrat, Tigray	14.292027 39.454938	22 m (72 ft)	?
Monumento a los peregrinos	Mexico	Mexico City	19.454463 -99.130348	22 m (72 ft)
Dealul lui In Cross	Romania	Runcu	45.186926 25.362432	22 m (72 ft)	2017
Mount Amiata Cross	Italy	Mount Amiata	42.887953 11.625000	22 m (72 ft)	1946
Croix du Nivolet	France	Les Déserts, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes	45.613583 5.964565	21.5 m (71 ft)	1909
Mount Macedon Memorial Cross	Australia	Mount Macedon, Victoria	-37.389542 144.576911	21 m (69 ft)	1995		War Memorial. Originally erected in 1934 but rebuilt in 1995 due to general deterioration.
Monument to Poznań June 1956 (Poznań Crosses)	Poland	Poznan	52.408269 16.917293	21 m (69 ft)	1981
Gura Ocniței Cross	Romania	Gura Ocniței	44.951643 25.569625	21 m (69 ft)	2014
Croix Lorraine	France	Nouméa	-22.279571 166.447057
Cruz monumental de Temuco	Chile	Temuco	-38.732029 -72.586367
Gari Cross	North Macedonia	Gari	41.500478 20.685647
Štip Cross	North Macedonia	Štip	41.738472 22.186283
Kučkovo Cross	North Macedonia	Kučkovo	42.062698 21.303126
Lazaropole Cross	North Macedonia	Lazaropole	41.537713 20.696410
Dračevo Cross	North Macedonia	Dračevo	41.929285 21.522806
Czarna Gora Cross	Poland	Czarna Gora	49.381192 20.124566	20 m (66 ft)
Łysa Góra Cross	Poland	Nowa Słupia	50.858759 21.054600	20 m (66 ft)	2012
Velestovo Cross	North Macedonia	Velestovo	41.083656 20.831315	20 m (66 ft)
Croix de Ternant	France	Orcines	45.802951 3.003570	20 m (66 ft)			broadcasting tower

Planned projects

• Monterrey cross, Monterrey, Mexico, 160 m, announced in 2022 ^[5]
• Cross of Blaszki, Poland, 100 m, announced in 2018 ^[6]
• Kraljevo Cross, Kraljevo, Serbia, 33.5 m, announced in 2015 ^[7]

See also

• Wayside cross
• Lithuanian cross crafting
• Khachkar
• Cross of Sacrifice

References

1. "From today, the view of the sky will not be the same". Republika English. April 28, 2024. Retrieved August 29, 2024.
2. "Vallyachan Mala – St. George Forane Church" . Retrieved July 31, 2023.
3. "Azerbaijan toppled the Cross in Stepanakert". Monumentwatch.org. November 19, 2023. Retrieved May 30, 2024.
4. "Kaune, Šilainiuose, iškilo aukščiausias kryžius Lietuvoje". 15min.lt (in Lithuanian). June 3, 2019. Retrieved March 20, 2023.
5. Gallegos, Rocio (June 6, 2022). "Nuevo León elude permisos y da terrenos a la Iglesia para que construya una cruz gigante". La Verdad Juárez (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved February 13, 2023.
6. Redakcja (June 8, 2018). "Krzyż gigant w gminie Błaszki powstanie na 100-lecie niepodległości. Monument będzie 2 razy większy niż pomnik Chrystusa w Świebodzinie". Dziennik Łódzki (in Polish). Retrieved February 13, 2023.
7. "Krst od 100.000 evra biće podignut iznad Kraljeva". B92.net. July 28, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2018.

External links

• Tallest crosses on Skyscraperpage.com
• Some monumental crosses in the USA