Russian sculptor Tsereteli wants to outdo Eiffel Tower

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Controversial Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli wants to create a monument higher than the Eiffel Tower

Controversial Russian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli wants to create a monument higher than the Eiffel Tower.

"The height of the Eifel Tower is 300 meters, and this will be 400 meters high [monument]," Tsereteli said.

The project is still in its infancy however and the sculptor declined to reveal further details.

Tsereteli's 12 grandiose sculptures in Moscow are often mocked by the Russian public as pompous and out of place.

His most controversial work, a colossal 94-meter-tall statue of Peter the Great on the banks of the Moscow River, has faced major criticism since its unveiling in 1997.

The $20-million bronze statue of the Russian tsar, dressed as a Roman soldier, was described by the then president Boris Yeltsin as "really ugly." It features in the Virtual Tourist's Top 10 Ugliest Buildings.

Tsereteli's works can also be found in Ukraine, Uruguay, the United States and France.

NEW YORK, June 8 (RIA Novosti)

 

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