Garuda Wisnu Kencana

It will be a biggest and a highest monument in Bali. The building will be standing 150 meters tall with its wings span 64 meters across.

Garuda Wisnu Kencana (GWK) Monument is designed and build by Nyoman Nuarta - one of Indonesia’s foremost modern sculptor - made from more than 4000 tons of copper and brass.

The statue is picturing Lord Wisnu, as the source of wisdom, riding on the back of the mythical bird Garuda as the manifestation of conscience toward Amerta, the perennial goodness.

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