Outside the north wall of the monastery is a towering statue of Shakyamuni Buddha.

In the central square, a towering statue of Vladimir Lenin still stands, his back to the city, a huge, dark arm stretching out to the river.

Whatever the technology, this towering statue in the second millennium B.C. may have been the first machine made to imitate nature's sounds.

Dark clouds roiled above the towering statue.

A towering statue of former President Benito Juárez was erected there in 1969.

Albania, convulsed by political upheaval, has torn down Eastern Europe's last towering statues of Stalin.

He stood motionless, facing the towering statue of Kaja-Rang.

A towering statue of Lenin remains, but beside it a simple new monument has been erected to commemorate Kyrgyzstan's independence.

The looming mountain they approached was capped by a towering statue of the Virgin Mary with her arms outstretched.

In the center of the ring stood a towering statue of the same gleaming black stone.