Monumental crosses

This is a list of notable monumental crosses.

Name Country Town Coordinates Height Year of completion Picture Remarks
Cruz de los Caídos SpainSan Lorenzo de El Escorial40.641800 -4.155596150 m1956
Dambana ng Kagitingan Memorial Cross PhilippinesPilar, Bataan14.6058464 120.508727495 m1970observation deck in crossarm
Cruz del Tercer Milenio ChileCoquimbo-29.952048 -71.34753092 m2001observation deck in crossarm
Cross of Sanctuary of San Miguel Archangel BrazilBandeirantes-23.132055 -50.40119481 m2017
Radio Relay Tower of Radio Vatican Transmission Center ItalySanta Maria di Galeria42.0441298778 12.322277426778 m1957Cross-shaped radio tower
Cross of All Nations LebanonBaskinta33.9652146 35.813841873.8 m2010
Cross of All People BrazilDivinópolis-20.127070 -44.95476273.8 m
Montemorelos Cross MexicoMontemorelos73 m2021
Branson Cross United StatesBranson, Missouri36.7519° N, 93.2249° W66.4464 m2018White cross with tears
Skopje Millenium Cross North MacedoniaSkopje41.964994 21.39437266 m2011
Bell Tower of Lakeuden Risti Church FinlandSeinäjoki62.787045 22.84556565.2 m1960bell tower of a Lutheran church with the shape of a double cross
Great Cross United StatesSt. Augustine, Florida29.9042789 -81.313526663.4 m1966
El Glorioso Cristo de Chiapas MexicoCopoya, Municipio de Tuxtla Gutiérrez, Chiapas16.7176 -93.12162 m2011
Haughton Cross United StatesHaughton, Louisiana32.554724 -93.62253960.65 m2009
Cross at First Baptist Church of Central Florida United StatesOrlando, Florida28.548272 -81.50695160.65 m2008
The Cross at the Crossroads United StatesEffingham, Illinois39.107602 -88.57120360.35 m2001
Cross of Hope LebanonIjdabra34.2491731 35.701020160 mHigh-rise building in shape of a double cross with a church in one arm
Cross of Our Lord Jesus Christ United StatesGroom, Texas35.2098038 -101.123494957.91 m1955
Skopje Aerodrom Cross North MacedoniaSkopje41.977664 21.46459256.5 m2014
Cruz Monumental de El Arenal MexicoEl Arenal20.221519 -98.91204455 m2014
Large Cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills United StatesRogers, Arkansas36.314620 -94.18819853.34 mensemble of three crosses
Basílica de la Virgen del Camino Cross SpainLeón42.580173 -5.64163853 m1961
Meskel Cross EthiopiaMekelle, Tigray13.495427 39.48814452 m2017
Sagemont Church Cross United StatesHouston, Texas29.5996555 -95.219889951.82 m2009
Medium Cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills United StatesRogers, Arkansas36.314544 -94.18826050.29 mensemble of three crosses
Cross of Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes and Praise BrazilItuporanga-27.415453 -49.61112550 mobservation tower
Artsakh Cross AzerbaijanDashushen39.805404 46.78631150 m2017
Edmond Cross United StatesEdmond, Oklahoma35.6497844 -97.422487749.7 m1996
Third Millenium Cross PolandDębica50.0156403 21.5760500747 m2006observation deck on the structure
Drokino Hill Cross RussiaKrasnoyarsk56.082184 92.78071947 m2019
Large Cross at Bellevue Baptist Church United StatesCordova, Tennessee35.183421 -89.81188645.72 m1999
Large cross of Bethany World Prayer Center United StatesBaton Rouge, Louisiana30.380179 -91.05999245.72 m
Large cross of Restoration Fellowship Church United StatesStrasburg, Virginia39.017533 -78.35825045.72 m
Chełmiec Millenium Cross PolandBoguszów-Gorce50.780112 16.21156145 m2000
Charles-de-Gaulle Memorial FranceColombey-les-Deux-Églises48.224394 4.87964144.3 m1972
Small Cross at Cross Church Pinnacle Hills United StatesRogers, Arkansas36.314640 -94.18832544.2 mensemble of three crosses
Gora Qabaristan Cross PakistanKarachi24.8561 67.049842.7 m2015
La Cruz de La Capilla Ecuménica de La Paz MexicoAcapulco, Guerrero16.822722 -99.85599242 m1970
Monument to the Fallen Shipyard Workers of 1970 PolandGdansk54.3605263 18.649035142 m19803 crosses
Muntenii de Sus Cross RomaniaMuntenii de Sus46.666307 27.78997642 m2017
Góra Liwocz Sanktuarium PolandBrzyska49.813284 21.35132341 mChapel with 18 metres high cross on the tower, also used for radio transmission
Pilgerkreuz Veitsch AustriaVeitsch47.5832817 15.490849340.70 m2004observation deck in crossarm
Danube Park Papal Cross AustriaVienna48.2392518 16.408724840 m1983
Cross of Sanctuary of Saint Pio of Pietrelcina ItalySan Giovanni Rotondo41.706515 15.70405740 m2004
Păun Trinitas Cross RomaniaPăun47.1004938473 27.665591239940 m2006broadcasting tower
Ujazd Millenium Cross PolandUjazd49.8025499 21.4017185568840 m2002
Kobayat Cross LebanonKobayat34.559023781 36.276820640 m2013
Hero's Cross RomaniaCaraiman Creek45.416012 25.49749239.3 m1928
Cross of Chillán Cathedral ChileChillán-36.6065409415 -72.10215032139 m1950
Gardendale Baptist Church Cross United StatesGardendale, Alabama33.664572 -86.83058138.1 m2010
Large cross of Chattanooga Crossing Church United StatesChattanooga, Tennessee35.053366 -85.13956938.1 m
Joseph Cross GermanyStolberg51.580574 11.00562438 m1896double cross, observation deck on the top
Cruz del Ávila VenezuelaCaracas10.5250544 -66.885238037 m1982
Krosno Pope Cross PolandKrosno49.678390 21.77150137 m1997
Limanowski Cross PolandLimanowa49.718916 20.44061337 m1999
Cruz de Calvillo MexicoCalvillo21.841692 -102.72767237 m2020
Small crosses of Bethany World Prayer Center United StatesBaton Rouge, Louisiana30.380330 -91.060117 ; 30.380178 -91.05978036.58 m2 crosses
Small crosses of Restoration Fellowship Church United StatesStrasburg, Virginia39.017645 -78.358180 ; 39.017423 -78.35831436.58 m2 crosses
Batesville Cross United StatesBatesville, Mississippi34.303105 -89.91926836.58 m2017
Cross at Moffley Hill CanadaSault Ste. Marie, Ontario46.522022 -84.33097736.57 m1960
Small Crosses at Bellevue Baptist Church United StatesCordova, Tennessee35.183524 -89.811962 ; 35.183312 -89.81180836.57 m19992 crosses
Dublin Papal Cross IrelandDublin53.356648829 -6.3290654635.36 m1979
Hrobacza Łąka Cross PolandBielsko-Biała49.822710268 19.1650566458735 m2002
Romanian People's Salvation Cross MoldovaNisporeni47.069618 28.20075135 m2011
Watchman Cross United StatesPonce, Puerto Rico18.019242 -66.619999434 m1984
Bald Knob Cross United StatesAlto Pass, Illinois37.55195224 -89.34637919033.83 m1963
Catfish House Giant Cross United StatesFlorence, Missouri32.160798 -90.12720333.53 m2015
Lake City Cross United StatesLake City, South Carolina33.889095 -79.75552933.53 m2016
Wichita Immanuel Baptist Church Cross United StatesWichita, Kansas37.668336 -97.33450733.53 m
Hum Hill Millenium Cross Bosnia and HerzegovinaMostar43.329521 17.80694433 m2002
Przełęcz Rędzińska Jubilee Cross PolandRędziny50.831285 15.93852333 m2000
Pacification of Wujek PolandKatowice50.243876 18.98963533 m2000
Artashavan Holy Cross ArmeniaArtashavan40.413655 44.38023333 m
Wilcy Las Millenium Cross PolandWilcy Las51.268507 15.75558532 m2000
Starej Wsi Millenium Cross PolandStara Wies49.907724189 19.12287812931.5 m2000
Mount Davidson Cross United StatesSan Francisco, California37.738353 -122.45478331.39 m1934
Mount Royal Cross CanadaMontreal45.508860 -73.58793631.4 m1924
Piatra Fântânele Cross RomaniaBistriţa47.2397217 25.011051931 m
Caryville Cross United StatesCaryville, Tennessee36.374491 -84.24021130.94 m2003
Hunter's Chapel Holy Church Cross United StatesLasper, Alabama33.791356 -87.22745630.48 m
Inspiration Network City of Lights Campus Cross United StatesCharlotte, North Carolina34.966975 -80.84775030.48 m
Ballinger Cross United StatesBallinger, Texas31.7237343574 -99.932244130.48 m1993
Calvary Church Cross  United States Springfield, Illinois 39.744032, -89.660028 30.48 m 2015
Pro-Life Millenium Cross CanadaAberdeen, Saskatchewan52.38949015 -106.157952830.48 m2005
Small crosses of Chattanooga Crossing Church United StatesChattanooga, Tennessee35.053317 -85.139527 ; 35.053409 -85.13960030.48 m2 crosses
Hammond Mission Church Cross United StatesHammond, Louisiana30.459164 -90.47588330.48 m
Cruz Cerro Philippi ChilePuerto Varas-41.310105 -72.98009130 m1980
Perchiu Hill Hero Cross RomaniaOnesti46.263458 26.75371530 m1999broadcasting tower
Golgota Beskidów Cross PolandRadziechowy49.6389923 19.11797030 m2001
Brusznia Cross PolandKielce50.865336 20.56367030 m2007
Iwierzyce Millenium Cross PolandIwierzyce50.038784 21.72070730 m
Svartberget Cross SwedenHassela62.086474 16.72334830 m2011
Cruz Celestial de Xicotepec MexicoXicotepec20.289408 -97.94861630 m2018
Cevo Pope Cross ItalyCevo46.080364 10.36356229.87 m1998collapsed in 2014, whereby one person was killed
Jakob Cross AustriaSankt Jakob in Haus47.484348 12.58126929.6 m2014double cross, observation decks in and on crossarms and on the top
Fort Jefferson Memorial Cross United StatesWickliffe, Kentucky36.957471 -89.09244228.96 m1999
Graniteville Cemetery Cross United StatesGraniteville, South Carolina33.565444 -81.79879628.04 m2015
El Cristo Roto MexicoSan José de Gracia, Aguascalientes22.139036 -102.43125628 m2006
Wilzenberg Cross GermanySchmallenberg51.152940 8.32706828 m2015
 MexicoMexico City19.407514 -99.24024628 m
St. Louis Grace Church Cross United StatesSt. Louis, Missouri38.741911 -90.44617727.43 m
Kreuzberg Cross GermanyBischofsheim50.370126 9.98036027 m2014
Mount Mic Hero Cross RomaniaPoiana Mărului45.364801 22.46894127 m2004
Cruz de Tenglo ChilePuerto Montt-41.486429 -72.95185525 m
Muncelu Cross RomaniaMuncelu46.860723 26.97222425 m2012
Our Lady of the Sierras Cross United StatesHereford, Arizona31.380837 -110.2339223 m1998
Markbergkreuz GermanySchönau an der Brend50.389707 10.10503723 m1998
Ostlandkreuz GermanyGeislingen an der Steige48.615477 9.82968722,7 m2003
Meskel cross #2 EthiopiaAdigrat, Tigray14.292027 39.45493822 m ?
Monumento a los peregrinos MexicoMexico City19.454463 -99.13034822 m
Dealul lui In Cross RomaniaRuncu45.186926 25.36243222 m2017
Mount Amiata Cross ItalyMount Amiata42.887953 11.62500022 m1946
Croix du Nivolet FranceLes Déserts, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes45.613583 5.96456521.5 m1909
Mount Macedon Memorial Cross AustraliaMount Macedon, Victoria-37.389542 144.57691121 m1995 War Memorial. Originally erected in 1934 but rebuilt in 1995 due to general deterioration.
Monument to Poznań June 1956 (Poznań Crosses) PolandPoznan52.408269 16.91729321 m1981
Gura Ocniței Cross RomaniaGura Ocniței44.951643 25.56962521 m2014
Croix Lorraine FranceNoumea-22.279571 166.447057
Cruz monumental de Temuco ChileTemuco-38.732029 -72.586367
Laurel Grace Covenant Cross United StatesLaurel, Mississippi31.634157 -89.18194019.81 m
Monte Beigua Cross ItalyMonte Beigua44.434872 8.55798218.5 m1933
Great Cross of Christ United StatesHopwood, Pennsylvania39.887622 -79.64376318.3 m1950
Laurel Mission at the Cross Cross United StatesLaurel, Mississippi31.686804 -89.13564218.29 malso used as an advertisement tower
Sturgis Mission at the Cross Cross United StatesSturgis, South Dakota44.398111 -103.50666418.29 m
Laghtea Hill Millenium Cross IrelandPortroe52.865344 -8.39334018.29 m2006
Croix de Lorraine de Courseulles-sur-Mer FranceCourseulles-sur-Mer49.337421 -0.46755518 m1990
Montesenario Cross ItalyMontesenario43.898462 11.33257718 m
Gorbea Cross SpainGorbea43.033929 -2.78117217.23 m1907
Carriere First Baptist Church Cross United StatesCarriere, Mississippi30.615953 -89.65290516.76 m
Cross in the Woods United StatesIndian River, Michigan45.398744 -84.63188116.76 m1953largest crucifix in the world
Gdansk Millenium Cross PolandGdansk54.357664 18.64017216.35 m2000
Zagórz Millenium Cross PolandZagórz54.357664 18.64017216 m2000
Shen Llezhdri Cross AlbaniaPrull-Spiten41.72892 19.7023015 m2020
Junaluska Cross United StatesLake Junaluska, North Carolina35.528226 -82.968247.62 m1922

Not to be confused with Memorial cross.

Planned projects
  • Monterrey cross, Monterrey, Mexico, 160 m[1]
  • Family Worship Center, Cairo, Ga, USA, 45.72 m, announced 2020
  • Cross of Blaszki, Poland, 100 m[2]
  • Constantine the Great Cross, Serbia, 80 m, abandoned[3]
  • Kraljevo Cross, Kraljevo, Serbia, 33.5 m, planned[4]

References
  1. Gallegos, Rocio (June 6, 2022). "Nuevo León elude permisos y da terrenos a la Iglesia para que construya una cruz gigante". La Verdad Juárez (in Mexican Spanish). Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  2. Redakcja (June 8, 2018). "Krzyż gigant w gminie Błaszki powstanie na 100-lecie niepodległości. Monument będzie 2 razy większy niż pomnik Chrystusa w Świebodzinie". Dziennik Łódzki (in Polish). Retrieved February 13, 2023.
  3. M. Ristović. "Niš: Vinik osta pusto brdo | Srbija". Novosti.rs. Retrieved February 18, 2018.
  4. "Krst od 100.000 evra biće podignut iznad Kraljeva". B92.net. July 28, 2015. Retrieved February 18, 2018.

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