Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
Giants have a hard time getting clean. I mean, baths aren’t usually built big enough to fit your average giant, right? Which is the only sensible explanation as to why there’s a giant sitting in the Guadalquivir river in Córdoba, Spain.
Here’s a few ground-level photos to quell the unbelievers.
Thanks to Jimbo.
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Hey!, one brother of this giant is drowning!
Placemark: Hand of another giant / Google Earth
There are more ground-level pics here
My favorite is this one in Washington DC:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awakening_(sculpture).
His knee is a good place to watch the sunset or planes taking off at National Airport.
Simon, in case you weren’t aware, the giant at Hains Point was moved earlier this year - it’s up in PG County now.
Giant in the Spree River in Berlin:
Placemark: Google Maps / Google Earth
Has anyone seen his giant rubber duck?
Very nice one. Thank you very much. I have made a Google Earth placemark for ir today. The name of the sculpture is Hombre Rio
Best Regards, Felippo
Excellent, thanks for the info Felippo!
http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hombre_R%C3%ADo
Does anyone know what has happened to Homre Rio, Cordoba. I was there last week and he has disappeared - Washed away!!
Burney, I’m not in the area, but according to Wikipedia, on November 22, 2007, the sculpture got loose for its anchors and floated downstream until it got stuck on the banks where it was rescued by firemen.
I suppose they are rethinking the whole anchoring system, in order to place it again.
But they’ve taken quite long, I think.
Thanks Eduardo, I went to the Tourist Info and they told me he was there - so they need to get updated!! Hope he is returned soon.