The statue was built on a 16.5 metres (54 ft) embankment of stones and rubble.[1] Christ the King has a height of 33 metres (108 ft), symbolising a traditional belief that Jesus' age at his death was 33.[1] The Crown of the temple is 3.5 metres (11 ft) in diameter and 2 metres (6.6 ft) in height, and the whole is gilded.