Monumento al Ahogado

Monumento al Ahogado a sculpture that is very captivating and terrifying. Ptung is shaped five-finger partially submerged in the sand. This place is situated in Parada 1 at Brava Beach in Punta del Este, Uruguay. This is the famous statue that has become a symbol for the Punta del Este since the completion in February 1982, and in turn has become one of Uruguay's most recognized landmarks.

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Mano de Desierto

Mano de Desierto is a statue as high as 11 meters with a very unique shape, namely a very large hand-shaped. The statue is located in the Atacama Desert in Chile, 75 km to the south of the city of Antofagasta, on the Panamerican Highway.

The statue was built by Chilean sculptor Mario Irarrázabal at an altitude of 1,100 meters above sea level, with a combination of iron and cement. The statue was financed by the Corporacion Pro Antofagasta, a local booster organization, and was inaugurated on March 28, 1992.

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Sambisari Temple

Sambisari temple is a Hindu temple (Shiva) built in the 9th century in the reign of Rakai Garung at the time of the ancient kingdom of Mataram. This temple is located approximately 12 miles east of the city of Yogyakarta - Indonesia, approximately 4 miles before the Prambanan temple complex, and precisely this temple in the village Sambisari, Village Purwomartani, Kalasan district, Sleman regency.

This temple was discovered in 1966 by a farmer in the village of Sambisari who immortalized the name of the temple, and restored in 1986 by the Department of Antiquities. And in 1976 discovered gold inscription under one extolled in the main temple. The inscription is a 2 x 1 cm that reads om siwasthana meaning 'respect, home to the god Shiva'. In the courtyard of the temple also found a bronze statue measuring 29 cm high and 12 cm wide. This statue is a statue that is one of the bodhisattva Vajrapani.

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