The Goliath of Konotopie: A Giant Statue for a Secularizing Poland? Europe's largest statue of the Virgin Mary towers above the fields and meadows near Konotopie, central Poland.
At 55 meters tall, it dwarfs Rio de Janeiro's famous Christ the Redeemer, and its sheer scale is a testament to the enduring power of Catholicism in Poland.
The statue was months in the making, with thousands of pilgrims and sightseers flocking to see it despite – or perhaps because of – its monumental scale.