P174 - Brazil - Christ the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer, Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
( New Seven Wonders of the World )

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: O Cristo Redentor) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue stands 30 metres (98 ft) tall and 38 metres (120 ft) tall with its pedestal. It weighs 635 tonnes (700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700 metres (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. It is one of the tallest of its kind in the world. The statue of Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia, is slightly taller, standing at 34.20 metres (112.2 ft) tall and 40.44 metres (132.7 ft) tall with its 6.24 metres (20.5 ft) pedestal.

It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.

A symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.

On 7th July 2007, Christ the Redeemer was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a list compiled by the Swiss-based The New Open World Corporation. In Brazil there was a campaign Vote no Cristo (Vote for the Christ) which had the support of private companies. Additionally, leading corporate sponsors including Banco Bradesco and Rede Globo spent millions of dollars in the effort to have the statue voted into the top seven

救世基督像（葡萄牙語：Cristo Redentor）是一座裝飾藝術風格的大型耶穌基督雕像，位於巴西的里約熱內盧，是該市的標誌，也是世界最聞名的紀念雕塑之一，2007年入選世界新七大奇迹。

基督像落成於1931年，總高38米，站立在里約熱內盧國家森林公園中高710米的科科瓦多（Corcovado）山頂，俯瞰著整個里約熱內盧市，他張開雙臂歡迎來自世界各地的遊客，是巴西人民熱情接納和寬闊胸懷的象徵。

基督像位於巴西里約熱內盧市的科科瓦多山頂，山高710米。基督像身高30米，站立在8米的基座上，基座同時也是一座能夠容納150人的天主教堂。基督像總重1145噸，張開的雙臂橫向總長28米。

References sources : Wikipedia