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Christ the Redeemer (statue)

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida sculpted the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.[1][2] It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.[3][4][5] Christ The Redeemer differs considerably from its original design, as the initial plan was a large Christ with a globe in one hand and a cross in the other. Although the project organisers originally accepted the design, it later changed to the statue of today, with the arms spread out wide.

For other statues, see Christ the Redeemer (disambiguation) § Sculpture.

Location

Designed by sculptors Paul Landowski and Heitor da Silva Costa and built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa in collaboration with Albert Caquot. Sculptor Gheorghe Leonida created the face

Reinforced concrete with soapstone veneer

28 metres (92 ft)

30 metres (98 ft), 38 metres (125 ft) with its pedestal

Dedicated October 13, 1931 (October 13, 1931)

2001

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The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca National Park overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. This statue is the largest Art Deco style sculpture in the world.[6] A symbol of Christianity around the world, the statue has also become a cultural icon of both Rio de Janeiro and Brazil and was voted one of the New 7 Wonders of the World.[7]

in Encantado, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil (43 m)

Christ the Protector

Christ the Redeemer in , Brazil

Rio Verde, Goiás

Christ in the Mount in , Minas Gerais, Brazil

Pitangui

Risen Christ statue on top of in Rosario, Batangas, Philippines[29]

Tombol Hill

in Palencia, Spain built in 1930 (21 m)

Cristo del Otero

Sacred Heart of Jesus Monument, in , Spain built in 1980 (30 m)

Oviedo

located on the Cerro del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico, inspired by Rio's Christ the Redeemer (23 m)

Cristo Rey

Cristo Rey in , México (30 m)

Tenancingo, México

in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia (30 m)

Christ Blessing

in Havana, Cuba, inspired by Christ the Redeemer (20 m)

Christ of Havana

in various underwater locations

Christ of the Abyss

in Arkansas, United States, inspired by Rio's Christ the Redeemer (20 m)

Christ of the Ozarks

in Vietnam (32 m)

Christ of Vũng Tàu

in Świebodzin, Poland (33 m)

Christ the King

(Argentina/Chile)

Christ the Redeemer of the Andes

, Ibiza, Spain, inspired by Christ the Redeemer (23 m)

Christ the Sacred Heart of Jesus

Cristo Blanco in , Peru

Cusco

in Cochabamba, Bolivia (34 m)

Cristo de la Concordia

in Torreón, Mexico (22 m)

Cristo de las Noas

in Lima, Peru, erected in 2011 (37 m)

Cristo del Pacífico

[30] in Mansinam Island, West Papua, Indonesia (30 m)

Patung Yesus Kristus

(Christ the Redeemer) of Maratea, Italy (21 m)

Cristo Redentore

(Christ the King) in Almada, Portugal (28 m)

Cristo Rei

in Dili, Timor-Leste (27 m)

Cristo Rei of Dili

on Madeira island, completed in 1927 (15 m)

Cristo Rei, Madeira

in Lubango, Angola (14 m)

Cristo Rei

Statue of in Balneário Camboriú, Santa Catarina, Brazil

Cristo Luz

Statue of Jesus Christ on the top of , Barcelona, Spain

Sagrat Cor

Tas-Salvatur in , Malta (12 m)

Gozo

Statue of Jesus Christ, Monte Urgull, Donostia-, Spain (12 m)

San Sebastian

in Imo, Nigeria, Africa's tallest statue of Jesus and fifth tallest statue on the continent (8.53 m)

Jesus de Greatest

in Tegucigalpa, Honduras

Christ at El Picacho

Cristo Redentor, , Dominican Republic

Puerto Plata

Christ the King in Lebanon

Another imitation statue of Christ the Redeemer is at , Andhra Pradesh, India (Shrish Patil)

Nellore

Imitation at St. Joseph Shrine, Vizhinjam, near , Kerala, India

Trivandrum

Imitation at Ecopark, , India[31]

Kolkata

Christ the Redeemer of Malacca is on the Portuguese Settlement Square in , Malaysia (20' tall)

Melaka

in Cali, Colombia (26 m)

Cristo Rey

Cristo Rey by in Sunland Park, New Mexico (8.83 m)

Urbici Soler

in Barranca Province, Lima Region, Peru

Cristo Redentor

Cristo Rey Tijuanense, at Iglesia de San Martín de Porres near Colonia Los Álamos, Tijuana, Baja California, México (23 m 30 cm)

Statue of Jesus Christ, , Slovakia (9.5 m)[32]

Klin

There is also a statue in .

Yungay, Peru

List of statues of Jesus

List of tallest statues

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UFRGS

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Official website

Corcovado Train

(in Portuguese)

Map

(in Portuguese)

Map

Sanctuary of Christ the Redeemer at Google Cultural Institute