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Landmark Oceania religious

Cristo Rei of Dili

1996 CE – still standing

27-meter bronze statue of Christ atop Cape Fatucama in Dili, Timor-Leste, symbol of the nation's Catholic identity following independence

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Cristo Rei of Dili on Wikipedia.

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Who held this ground

Borders from dated snapshots, up to a century apart; precision varies.

Reconstruction

  1. Before it was built (3000 BCE–1994 CE)
  2. No border recorded here in this snapshot (2000 CE–2026 CE)

Elsewhere in Oceania at the time

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Landmark · Oceania

Great Barrier Reef

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Papua New Guinea

Attested 1492 CE – 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Indonesian Invasion of East Timor

1975 CE – 1999 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Komodo Island

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

New Zealand

Founded 1841 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Conflict · Oceania

Bougainville Civil War

1988 CE – 1998 CE

Landmark · Oceania

Uluru (Ayers Rock)

3000 BCE – still standing

Polity · Oceania

Indonesia

Founded 1945 CE · attested to 2026 CE

Dated moments inside this span

Events the timeline places between 1996 CE and 2026 CE.

1996 CE First Congo War 1996 CE Nepalese Civil War 1996 CE Chechen Interwar Period 1998 CE Second Congo War 1998 CE Eritrean–Ethiopian War 1998 CE Kosovo War

And in the rest of the world

Records running through the same years, on the other side of the map.

Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque Landmark · Middle East 2001 CE – still standing Zaire (Belgium) Polity · Africa 1920 CE – 1997 CE Deng Xiaoping Figure · Sichuan, China 1904 CE – 1997 CE Eritrean–Ethiopian War Conflict · Middle East 1998 CE – 2000 CE China–Europe Railway (Belt and Road) Trade route · East Asia 2011 CE Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque Landmark · Middle East 2007 CE – still standing
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