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Christ the Redeemer vs Colosseum

Christ the Redeemer vs Colosseum
Colosseum is larger on height
Colosseum is somewhat greater than Christ the Redeemer on height — about 1.3×.

Christ the Redeemer and Colosseum can be compared on 2 measures. The figures below are typical adult or full-size values, with the larger of the two in bold.

Side by side

Larger value in bold. Ranges reflect genuine variation, not uncertainty.
Christ the Redeemer Colosseum
Height 30–38 m 48 m
Width 28 m 156 m

What the numbers say

  • Colosseum is somewhat greater than Christ the Redeemer on height — about 1.3×.
  • Colosseum is 5.6× Christ the Redeemer on width.

Height compared.

Colosseum 48 m
Christ the Redeemer 30–38 m

Christ the Redeemer

An Art Deco statue of Jesus on Corcovado mountain above Rio de Janeiro, completed in 1931.

Colosseum

The largest amphitheatre ever built, completed in Rome in AD 80.

This is a comparison of published measurements, nothing more. It describes how two things differ on measures that have been recorded; it does not predict how they would fare against each other in any situation.

Common questions

Which is bigger, Christ the Redeemer or Colosseum?
Colosseum is somewhat greater than Christ the Redeemer on height — about 1.3×. Both figures are typical values; the full range for each is in the table above.
How do Christ the Redeemers and Colosseums compare on width?
Christ the Redeemer: 28 m. Colosseum: 156 m. Colosseum is 5.6× Christ the Redeemer on width.

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Sources

  1. Wikidata — Wikimedia Foundation (CC0 1.0)

How these figures are compiled and checked