 The statue is slightly smaller than "Christ the King" in Świebodzin, Poland (36 m tall if the high crown of Christ the King is counted) and taller than the "Christ the Redeemer" (30 m tall) outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making it the second largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world.It is the third largest statue in the Southern Hemisphere, after the statue of Virgen de la Paz in Venezuela, and the statue of Saint Rita of Cascia in Brazil.The left hand of the statue points to the South, and the right points to the North.