{"id":196,"date":"2024-08-27T15:23:46","date_gmt":"2024-08-27T13:23:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/?p=196"},"modified":"2024-08-28T13:51:08","modified_gmt":"2024-08-28T11:51:08","slug":"virgin-marys-statue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/","title":{"rendered":"Virgin Mary&#8217;s Statue"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>The biggest statue in the world of Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus in her hands stands on the hill of Yamacha in Haskovo. It is one of the symbols of the city. The Statue is 14 m high and is placed on 17 m foundation for which reason it was included in Guinness World Records. The statue was designed by group of sculptors headed by Petyo Aleksandrov and Nikola Stoyanov.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/bg\/images\/stories\/articles\/virgin_mary.jpg\" width=\"228\" height=\"326\" alt=\"The statue\"><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statueThe official inauguration was 8th September 2003, the day of Haskovo and it was executed personally by the Bishop of Plovdiv just in front of the statue of the God\u2019s Mother, which has not got an analogue in the whole world. The statue is made of polymer-concrete and weighs 80 tons, and its total height exceeds 31 meters. Because of its record size and suitable location the Statue can be seen from any spot of the city, even at night. There is a small chapel built down at the pedestal towards which a big Christian cross is directed.<br>Centuries on end, St. Mary has been considered a patron of the city, therefore by Decision of the Municipal Council of 1993 the date 8th September was determined day of Haskovo \/The Day of Virgin Mary\u2019s Birth\/. By tradition, many cultural and sports events take place at that time in Haskovo organized by the Municipality.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The biggest statue in the world of Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus in her hands stands on the hill of Yamacha in Haskovo. It is one of the symbols of the city. The Statue is 14 m high and is placed on 17 m foundation for which reason it was included in Guinness World [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tourism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Virgin Mary&#039;s Statue - All about Haskovo<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Virgin Mary&#039;s Statue - All about Haskovo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The biggest statue in the world of Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus in her hands stands on the hill of Yamacha in Haskovo. It is one of the symbols of the city. The Statue is 14 m high and is placed on 17 m foundation for which reason it was included in Guinness World [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"All about Haskovo\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-08-27T13:23:46+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-08-28T11:51:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/bg\/images\/stories\/articles\/virgin_mary.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"online\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"online\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"online\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd86190a5f096cd3d405706fd77da53c\"},\"headline\":\"Virgin Mary&#8217;s Statue\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-27T13:23:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-28T11:51:08+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":226,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/bg\\\/images\\\/stories\\\/articles\\\/virgin_mary.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Tourism\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/\",\"name\":\"Virgin Mary's Statue - All about Haskovo\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/bg\\\/images\\\/stories\\\/articles\\\/virgin_mary.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-08-27T13:23:46+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-08-28T11:51:08+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"http:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/bg\\\/images\\\/stories\\\/articles\\\/virgin_mary.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"http:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/bg\\\/images\\\/stories\\\/articles\\\/virgin_mary.jpg\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/196\\\/virgin-marys-statue\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Virgin Mary&#8217;s Statue\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"All about Haskovo\",\"description\":\"Information, history, culture and landmarks of Haskovo and region\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"Online guide about Haskovo, Bulgaria\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HASKOVO INFO EOOD\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/haskovo.info_logo_082021_inv_x2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/08\\\/haskovo.info_logo_082021_inv_x2.png\",\"width\":400,\"height\":115,\"caption\":\"HASKOVO INFO EOOD\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/bd86190a5f096cd3d405706fd77da53c\",\"name\":\"online\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/72cc311c3c638ff739a1200633401ab2cc4d678b21c89acd0ec77a864c6f64a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/72cc311c3c638ff739a1200633401ab2cc4d678b21c89acd0ec77a864c6f64a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/72cc311c3c638ff739a1200633401ab2cc4d678b21c89acd0ec77a864c6f64a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"online\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/online.haskovo.biz\\\/wordpress\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/haskovo-online.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/online\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Virgin Mary's Statue - All about Haskovo","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Virgin Mary's Statue - All about Haskovo","og_description":"The biggest statue in the world of Virgin Mary holding the child Jesus in her hands stands on the hill of Yamacha in Haskovo. It is one of the symbols of the city. The Statue is 14 m high and is placed on 17 m foundation for which reason it was included in Guinness World [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/","og_site_name":"All about Haskovo","article_published_time":"2024-08-27T13:23:46+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-08-28T11:51:08+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/bg\/images\/stories\/articles\/virgin_mary.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"online","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"online","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/"},"author":{"name":"online","@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/bd86190a5f096cd3d405706fd77da53c"},"headline":"Virgin Mary&#8217;s Statue","datePublished":"2024-08-27T13:23:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-28T11:51:08+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/"},"wordCount":226,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/bg\/images\/stories\/articles\/virgin_mary.jpg","articleSection":["Tourism"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/","url":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/","name":"Virgin Mary's Statue - All about Haskovo","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"http:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/bg\/images\/stories\/articles\/virgin_mary.jpg","datePublished":"2024-08-27T13:23:46+00:00","dateModified":"2024-08-28T11:51:08+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/#primaryimage","url":"http:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/bg\/images\/stories\/articles\/virgin_mary.jpg","contentUrl":"http:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/bg\/images\/stories\/articles\/virgin_mary.jpg"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/196\/virgin-marys-statue\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Virgin Mary&#8217;s Statue"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/","name":"All about Haskovo","description":"Information, history, culture and landmarks of Haskovo and region","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"Online guide about Haskovo, Bulgaria","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#organization","name":"HASKOVO INFO EOOD","url":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/haskovo.info_logo_082021_inv_x2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/haskovo.info_logo_082021_inv_x2.png","width":400,"height":115,"caption":"HASKOVO INFO EOOD"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/bd86190a5f096cd3d405706fd77da53c","name":"online","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72cc311c3c638ff739a1200633401ab2cc4d678b21c89acd0ec77a864c6f64a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72cc311c3c638ff739a1200633401ab2cc4d678b21c89acd0ec77a864c6f64a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/72cc311c3c638ff739a1200633401ab2cc4d678b21c89acd0ec77a864c6f64a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"online"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/online.haskovo.biz\/wordpress"],"url":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/author\/online\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=196"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":197,"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/196\/revisions\/197"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=196"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=196"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/haskovo-online.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=196"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}