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List of tallest crosses in the world (minimum height 20 metres).
Name | Country | Town | Coordinates | Height | Year of completion | Picture | Remarks |
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Cruz de los Caídos | ![]() | San Lorenzo de El Escorial | 40.641800 -4.155596 | 150 m | 1956 | ![]() | |
Dambana ng Kagitingan Memorial Cross | ![]() | Pilar, Bataan | 14.6058464 120.5087274 | 95 m | 1970 | ![]() | observation deck in crossarm |
Cruz del Tercer Milenio | ![]() | Coquimbo | -29.952048 -71.347530 | 92 m | 2001 | | observation deck in crossarm |
Cross of Sanctuary of San Miguel Archangel | ![]() | Bandeirantes | -23.132055 -50.401194 | 81 m | 2017 | ![]() | |
Radio Relay Tower of Radio Vatican Transmission Center | ![]() | Santa Maria di Galeria | 42.0441298778 12.3222774267 | 78 m | 1957 | Cross-shaped radio tower | |
Cross of All Nations | ![]() | Qanat Bakish | 33.9652146 35.8138418 | 73.8 m | 2010 | ||
Cross of All People | ![]() | Divinópolis | -20.127070 -44.954762 | 73.8 m | |||
Montemorelos Cross | ![]() | Montemorelos | 25.243883 -99.860889 | 73 m | 2021 | ||
Branson Cross | ![]() | Branson, Missouri | 36.7519° N, 93.2249° W | 66.4464 m | 2018 | White cross with tears | |
Skopje Millennium Cross | ![]() | Skopje | 41.964994 21.394372 | 66 m | 2011 | ![]() | |
Bell Tower of Lakeuden Risti Church | ![]() | Seinäjoki | 62.787045 22.845565 | 65.2 m | 1960 | ![]() | bell tower of a Lutheran church with the shape of a double cross |
Orthodox Cross Dračevo [1] | ![]() | Dračevo | 41.93806, 21.51839 | 63.5 m | 2024 | ||
Great Cross | ![]() | St. Augustine, Florida | 29.9042789 -81.3135266 | 63.4 m | 1966 | ![]() | |
El Glorioso Cristo de Chiapas | ![]() | Copoya, Municipio de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas | 16.7176 -93.121 | 62 m | 2011 | ![]() | |
Cross of Ridge Assembly of God | ![]() | Davenport, Florida | 28.195976 -81.637552 | 60.96 m | |||
Haughton Cross | ![]() | Haughton, Louisiana | 32.554724 -93.622539 | 60.65 m | 2009 | ![]() | |
Cross at First Baptist Church of Central Florida | ![]() | Orlando, Florida | 28.548272 -81.506951 | 60.65 m | 2008 | ||
The Cross at the Crossroads | ![]() | Effingham, Illinois | 39.107602 -88.571203 | 60.35 m | 2001 | ![]() | |
Cross of Hope | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Groom, Texas | 35.2098038 -101.1234949 | 57.91 m | 1955 | ![]() | |
Skopje Aerodrom Cross | ![]() | Skopje | 41.977664 21.464592 | 56.5 m | 2014 | ![]() | |
Cruz Monumental de El Arenal | ![]() | El Arenal | 20.221519 -98.912044 | 55 m | 2014 | ![]() | |
Central cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills | ![]() | Rogers, Arkansas | 36.314620 -94.188198 | 53.34 m | ensemble of three crosses | ||
Basílica de la Virgen del Camino Cross | ![]() | León | 42.580173 -5.641638 | 53 m | 1961 | ![]() | |
Meskel Cross | ![]() | Mekelle, Tigray | 13.495427 39.488144 | 52 m | 2017 | ![]() | |
Sagemont Church Cross | ![]() | Houston, Texas | 29.5996555 -95.2198899 | 51.82 m | 2009 | ![]() | |
Aruvithura Cross [2] | ![]() | Kottayam, Kerala | 9.682450, 76.767361 | 50.9 m | 2014 | ||
Central cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills | ![]() | Rogers, Arkansas | 36.314544 -94.188260 | 50.29 m | ensemble of three crosses | ||
Cross of Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes and Praise | ![]() | Ituporanga | -27.415453 -49.611125 | 50 m | observation tower | ||
Artsakh Cross | ![]() | Dashushen | 39.805404 46.786311 | 50 m | 2017 | Demolished by Azerbaijani Armed Forces [3] | |
Edmond Cross | ![]() | Edmond, Oklahoma | 35.6497844 -97.4224877 | 49.7 m | 1996 | ||
Third Millennium Cross | ![]() | Ropczyce | 50.0156403 21.57605007 | 47 m | 2006 | ![]() | observation deck on the structure |
Drokino Hill Cross | ![]() | Krasnoyarsk | 56.082184 92.780719 | 47 m | 2019 | ||
Large Cross at Bellevue Baptist Church | ![]() | Cordova, Tennessee | 35.183421 -89.811886 | 45.72 m | 1999 | ||
Large cross of Bethany World Prayer Center | ![]() | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 30.380179 -91.059992 | 45.72 m | |||
Large cross of Restoration Fellowship Church | ![]() | Strasburg, Virginia | 39.017533 -78.358250 | 45.72 m | |||
Cruz de Chorrillos | ![]() | Lima | -12.168007 -77.035343 | 45 m | 1988 | ![]() | |
Chełmiec Millennium Cross | ![]() | Boguszów-Gorce | 50.780112 16.211561 | 45 m | 2000 | ![]() | |
Charles-de-Gaulle Memorial | ![]() | Colombey-les-Deux-Églises | 48.224394 4.879641 | 44.3 m | 1972 | | |
Central cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills | ![]() | Rogers, Arkansas | 36.314640 -94.188325 | 44.2 m | ensemble of three crosses | ||
Gora Qabaristan Cross | ![]() | Karachi | 24.8561 67.0498 | 42.7 m | 2015 | ![]() | |
La Cruz de La Capilla Ecuménica de La Paz | ![]() | Acapulco, Guerrero | 16.822722 -99.855992 | 42 m | 1970 | | |
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 | ![]() | Gdansk | 54.3605263 18.6490351 | 42 m | 1980 | | 3 crosses |
Muntenii de Sus Cross | ![]() | Muntenii de Sus | 46.666307 27.789976 | 42 m | 2017 | ||
Góra Liwocz Sanktuarium | ![]() | Brzyska | 49.813284 21.351323 | 41 m | ![]() | Chapel with 18 metres high cross on the tower, also used for radio transmission | |
Pilgerkreuz Veitsch | ![]() | Veitsch | 47.5832817 15.4908493 | 40.70 m | 2004 | ![]() | observation deck in crossarm |
Danube Park Papal Cross | ![]() | Vienna | 48.2392518 16.4087248 | 40 m | 1983 | ![]() | |
Cross of Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina | ![]() | San Giovanni Rotondo | 41.706515 15.704057 | 40 m | 2004 | ![]() | |
Păun Trinitas Cross | ![]() | Păun | 47.1004938473 27.6655912399 | 40 m | 2006 | ![]() | broadcasting tower |
Trzy Lipki Cross | ![]() | Bielsko-Biała | 49.834716 19.017404 | 40 m | 2001 | ![]() | |
Ujazd Millennium Cross | ![]() | Ujazd | 49.8025499 21.40171855688 | 40 m | 2002 | | |
Kobayat Cross | ![]() | Kobayat | 34.559023781 36.2768206 | 40 m | 2013 | ||
Hero's Cross | ![]() | Caraiman Creek | 45.416012 25.497492 | 39.3 m | 1928 | ![]() | |
Cross of Chillán Cathedral | ![]() | Chillán | -36.6065409415 -72.102150321 | 39 m | 1950 | ![]() | |
Gardendale Baptist Church Cross | ![]() | Gardendale, Alabama | 33.664572 -86.830581 | 38.1 m | 2010 | ||
Large cross of Chattanooga Crossing Church | ![]() | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 35.053366 -85.139569 | 38.1 m | |||
River of Praise Church Cross | ![]() | Tomball, Texas | 30.053824 -95.622324 | 38.1 | 2017 | ||
Joseph Cross | ![]() | Stolberg | 51.580574 11.005624 | 38 m | 1896 | ![]() | double cross, observation deck on the top |
Cruz del Ávila | ![]() | Caracas | 10.5250544 -66.8852380 | 37 m | 1982 | ![]() | |
Krosno Pope Cross | ![]() | Krosno | 49.678390 21.771501 | 37 m | 1997 | ![]() | |
Limanowski Cross | ![]() | Limanowa | 49.718916 20.440613 | 37 m | 1999 | ![]() | |
Cruz de Calvillo | ![]() | Calvillo | 21.841692 -102.727672 | 37 m | 2020 | ![]() | |
Central cross of Bethany World Prayer Center | ![]() | Baton Rouge, Louisiana | 30.380330 -91.060117 ; 30.380178 -91.059780 | 36.58 m | 3 crosses | ||
Central cross of Restoration Fellowship Church | ![]() | Strasburg, Virginia | 39.017645 -78.358180 ; 39.017423 -78.358314 | 36.58 m | 3 crosses | ||
Batesville Cross | ![]() | Batesville, Mississippi | 34.303105 -89.919268 | 36.58 m | 2017 | ||
Cross at Moffley Hill | ![]() | Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario | 46.522022 -84.330977 | 36.57 m | 1960 | ||
Small crosses at Bellevue Baptist Church | ![]() | Cordova, Tennessee | 35.183524 -89.811962 ; 35.183312 -89.811808 | 36.57 m | 1999 | 2 crosses | |
Cross of Family Worship Center | ![]() | Cairo, Georgia | 35.2098038 -101.1234949 | 36.57 m | 2022 | ||
Papstwarte | ![]() | Horn | 48.699104 15.679800 | 36.5 m | 1983 | | |
Dublin Papal Cross | ![]() | Dublin | 53.356648829 -6.32906546 | 35.36 m | 1979 | ![]() | |
Hrobacza Łąka Cross | ![]() | Bielsko-Biała | 49.822710268 19.16505664587 | 35 m | 2002 | | |
Romanian People's Salvation Cross | ![]() | Nisporeni | 47.069618 28.200751 | 35 m | 2011 | ||
Fátima Cruz Alta | ![]() | Fátima | 39.629370 -8.674670 | 34 m | 2007 | ![]() | |
Zabrze Pope Cross | ![]() | Zabrze | 50.324255 18.775747 | 34,6 m | 1999 | ![]() | |
Watchman Cross | ![]() | Ponce, Puerto Rico | 18.019242 -66.6199994 | 34 m | 1984 | | |
Bald Knob Cross | ![]() | Alto Pass, Illinois | 37.55195224 -89.346379190 | 33.83 m | 1963 | ||
Catfish House Giant Cross | ![]() | Florence, Missouri | 32.160798 -90.127203 | 33.53 m | 2015 | ||
Lake City Cross | ![]() | Lake City, South Carolina | 33.889095 -79.755529 | 33.53 m | 2016 | ||
Cookeville Cross | ![]() | Cookeville, Tennessee | 36.135426, -85.517036 | 33.53 m | |||
Pigeon Forge Cross | ![]() | Pigeon Forge, Tennessee | 35.802208, -83.581121 | 33.53 m | |||
Wichita Immanuel Baptist Church Cross | ![]() | Wichita, Kansas | 37.668336 -97.334507 | 33.53 m | |||
Błonia Pope Cross | ![]() | Siedlce | 52.184247 22.290173 | 33 m | 1999 | | |
Góra Jana Cross | ![]() | Pelplin | 53.928939 18.669835 | 33 m | 1999 | | |
Prespa Cross | ![]() | Podmocani | 41.029704 21.055144 | 33 m | 2000 | ![]() | |
Hum Hill Millennium Cross | ![]() | Mostar | 43.329521 17.806944 | 33 m | 2002 | ||
Przełęcz Rędzińska Jubilee Cross | ![]() | Rędziny | 50.831285 15.938523 | 33 m | 2000 | ![]() | |
Kruševo Cross | ![]() | Kruševo | 41.402431 21.223285 | 33 m | 2010 | | |
Pacification of Wujek | ![]() | Katowice | 50.243876 18.989635 | 33 m | 2000 | ![]() | |
Artashavan Holy Cross | ![]() | Artashavan | 40.413655 44.380233 | 33 m | |||
St. John Paul II Parish Chapel | ![]() | Šilainiai, Kaunas | 54.925565 23.87231 | 33 m | 2019 | | Tallest cross in Lithuania [4] |
Cross at Hilltop Baptist Church | ![]() | Indiana, Pa | 40.58633792, -79.21230442 | 32.9184 m | |||
Wilcy Las Millennium Cross | ![]() | Wilcy Las | 51.268507 15.755585 | 32 m | 2000 | ||
Starej Wsi Millennium Cross | ![]() | Stara Wies | 49.907724189 19.122878129 | 31.5 m | 2000 | ||
Mount Davidson Cross | ![]() | San Francisco, California | 37.738353 -122.454783 | 31.39 m | 1934 | ![]() | |
Mount Royal Cross | ![]() | Montreal | 45.508860 -73.587936 | 31.4 m | 1924 | ![]() | |
Piatra Fântânele Cross | ![]() | Bistriţa | 47.2397217 25.0110519 | 31 m | | ||
Caryville Cross | ![]() | Caryville, Tennessee | 36.374491 -84.240211 | 30.94 m | 2003 | ||
Hunter's Chapel Holy Church Cross | ![]() | Lasper, Alabama | 33.791356 -87.227456 | 30.48 m | |||
Inspiration Network City of Lights Campus Cross | ![]() | Charlotte, North Carolina | 34.966975 -80.847750 | 30.48 m | |||
Ballinger Cross | ![]() | Ballinger, Texas | 31.7237343574 -99.9322441 | 30.48 m | 1993 | ||
Calvary Church Cross | ![]() | Springfield, Illinois | 39.744032, -89.660028 | 30.48 m | 2015 | ||
Cross of New Providence Baptist Church | ![]() | Loudon, Tennessee | 35.778367, -84.350973 | 30.48 m | 2002 | ||
Pro-Life Millennium Cross | ![]() | Aberdeen, Saskatchewan | 52.38949015 -106.1579528 | 30.48 m | 2005 | ||
Small crosses of Chattanooga Crossing Church | ![]() | Chattanooga, Tennessee | 35.053317 -85.139527 ; 35.053409 -85.139600 | 30.48 m | 3 crosses | ||
Hammond Mission Church Cross | ![]() | Hammond, Louisiana | 30.459164 -90.475883 | 30.48 m | |||
Cruz Cerro Philippi | ![]() | Puerto Varas | -41.310105 -72.980091 | 30 m | 1980 | ||
Perchiu Hill Hero Cross | ![]() | Onesti | 46.263458 26.753715 | 30 m | 1999 | broadcasting tower | |
Cruz de Morro da Cruz | ![]() | Igrejinha | -29.539768 -50.836954 | 30 m | | ||
Golgota Beskidów Cross | ![]() | Radziechowy | 49.6389923 19.117970 | 30 m | 2001 | ![]() | |
Brusznia Cross | ![]() | Kielce | 50.865336 20.563670 | 30 m | 2007 | ![]() | |
Iwierzyce Millennium Cross | ![]() | Iwierzyce | 50.038784 21.720707 | 30 m | |||
Svartberget Cross | ![]() | Hassela | 62.086474 16.723348 | 30 m | 2011 | ||
Cruz Celestial de Xicotepec | ![]() | Xicotepec | 20.289408 -97.948616 | 30 m | 2018 | ||
Cevo Pope Cross | ![]() | Cevo | 46.080364 10.363562 | 29.87 m | 1998 | collapsed in 2014, whereby one person was killed | |
Jakob Cross | ![]() | 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 | ![]() | Wickliffe, Kentucky | 36.957471 -89.092442 | 28.96 m | 1999 | ![]() | |
Graniteville Cemetery Cross | ![]() | Graniteville, South Carolina | 33.565444 -81.798796 | 28.04 m | 2015 | ||
El Cristo Roto | ![]() | San José de Gracia, Aguascalientes | 22.139036 -102.431256 | 28 m | 2006 | ![]() | |
Wilzenberg Cross | ![]() | Schmallenberg | 51.152940 8.327068 | 28 m | 2015 | ![]() | |
![]() | Mexico City | 19.407514 -99.240246 | 28 m | ||||
St. Louis Grace Church Cross | ![]() | St. Louis, Missouri | 38.741911 -90.446177 | 27.43 m | |||
Rybky Millenium Cross | ![]() | Rybky | 48.727250 17.318463 | 27 m | 2000 | ||
Kreuzberg Cross | ![]() | Bischofsheim | 50.370126 9.980360 | 27 m | 2014 | ![]() | |
Mount Mic Hero Cross | ![]() | Poiana Mărului | 45.364801 22.468941 | 27 m | 2004 | ![]() | |
Europawarte | ![]() | Schrattenthal | 48.747295 15.866377 | 26 m | 1980 | ![]() | |
Cruz de Tenglo | ![]() | Puerto Montt | -41.486429 -72.951855 | 25 m | ![]() | ||
Kamienna Góra Cross | ![]() | Gdynia | 54.515483 18.544027 | 25 m | 1994 | ||
Święta Woda Jubilee Cross | ![]() | Wasilków | 53.221969 23.221664 | 25 m | 2000 | | surrounded by smaller crosses |
Potaczkowa Millennium Cross | ![]() | Podobin | 49.626393 20.061175 | 25 m | 2000 | ![]() | |
Jelenia Góra Millennium Cross | ![]() | Jelenia Góra | 50.921154 15.775640 | 25 m | 2002 | ![]() | |
Rankovce Cross | ![]() | Rankovce | 42.164958 22.116283 | 25 m | 2024 | ||
Muncelu Cross | ![]() | Muncelu | 46.860723 26.972224 | 25 m | 2012 | ||
Bendoszka Wielka Cross | ![]() | Bukovec | 49.427868 19.044180 | 23,5 m | 2000 | | |
Our Lady of the Sierras Cross | ![]() | Hereford, Arizona | 31.380837 -110.23392 | 23 m | 1998 | ![]() | |
Markbergkreuz | ![]() | Schönau an der Brend | 50.389707 10.105037 | 23 m | 1998 | | |
Cluj-Napoca Fortress Cross | ![]() | Cluj-Napoca | 46.773925 23.582735 | 23 m | 2002 | ||
Ostlandkreuz | ![]() | Geislingen an der Steige | 48.615477 9.829687 | 22,7 m | 2003 | | |
Meskel cross #2 | ![]() | Adigrat, Tigray | 14.292027 39.454938 | 22 m | ? | ||
Monumento a los peregrinos | ![]() | Mexico City | 19.454463 -99.130348 | 22 m | | ||
Dealul lui In Cross | ![]() | Runcu | 45.186926 25.362432 | 22 m | 2017 | ![]() | |
Mount Amiata Cross | ![]() | Mount Amiata | 42.887953 11.625000 | 22 m | 1946 | | |
Croix du Nivolet | ![]() | Les Déserts, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes | 45.613583 5.964565 | 21.5 m | 1909 | ![]() | |
Mount Macedon Memorial Cross | ![]() | Mount Macedon, Victoria | -37.389542 144.576911 | 21 m | 1995 | ![]() | War Memorial. Originally erected in 1934 but rebuilt in 1995 due to general deterioration. |
Monument to Poznań June 1956 (Poznań Crosses) | ![]() | Poznan | 52.408269 16.917293 | 21 m | 1981 | ![]() | |
Gura Ocniței Cross | ![]() | Gura Ocniței | 44.951643 25.569625 | 21 m | 2014 | ||
Croix Lorraine | ![]() | Nouméa | -22.279571 166.447057 | | |||
Cruz monumental de Temuco | ![]() | Temuco | -38.732029 -72.586367 | ||||
Gari Cross | ![]() | Gari | 41.500478 20.685647 | ||||
Štip Cross | ![]() | Štip | 41.738472 22.186283 | ||||
Kučkovo Cross | ![]() | Kučkovo | 42.062698 21.303126 | ||||
Lazaropole Cross | ![]() | Lazaropole | 41.537713 20.696410 | ||||
Dračevo Cross | ![]() | Dračevo | 41.929285 21.522806 | | |||
Czarna Gora Cross | ![]() | Czarna Gora | 49.381192 20.124566 | 20 m | | ||
Łysa Góra Cross | ![]() | Nowa Słupia | 50.858759 21.054600 | 20 m | 2012 | ![]() | |
Velestovo Cross | ![]() | Velestovo | 41.083656 20.831315 | 20 m | |||
Croix de Ternant | ![]() | Orcines | 45.802951 3.003570 | 20 m | broadcasting tower |