Band 6: Describe a monument (e.g., a statue or sculpture) that you like. You should say: what this monument is where this monument is what it looks like and explain why you like this monument. (User-Submitted IELTS Speaking Answer)

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I'm not actually a huge fan of sculptures or monuments in general, but there is one particular monument that I really like. I think it has a certain aesthetic appeal and it has to be one of the biggest sculptures humans have ever created. I'm talking about the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It's a very famous and large sculpture, and it's incredibly tall. When it was constructed, only a few buildings or towers were taller than it. I think it has a very striking aesthetic. It's a large figure of Jesus, although it's debatable whether Jesus actually looked like that. The statue has a white face, which is typical of the culture there. It's a major tourist attraction, with people from all over the world visiting it. It has the same status as other famous architectural landmarks, like the Eiffel Tower or the Pyramids of Giza.

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I’m not actually a fan of sculpture or any source of monument but there is s one particular monument that I actually like and I do think that it has aetics feellow in it and that it has to be the biggest sculpture that human has ever created. And that is the scpture of Jesus. It is situated in Rio, a city in Brazil. It is quite a big famous scure. It’s actually quite tall. I will say that when it was constructed only a few number of buildings or towers existed that was taller than that. I think that it has quite aesthetic jarn in it. It’s quite big and it is a figure of Jesus. Now it’s debatable whether Jesus looked like that or not. He typically have white face in it. I will say that uh. That culture is typically a ah. Tourist interest because plenty of people from uh. Are around the world are visiting that sculpture. It has the same status as other famous places in architecture. For example D small Eifpel tower, Pyramid of Gaja.

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