| Christ the Redeemer

Christ The Redeemer Statue
Located In:

Brazil

History:

The statue of Christ the Redeemer is located at the top of Corcovado Mountain. The entire monument is 38m high with the statue accounting for 30m, overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro is one of the tallest statues in the world.

The reason why it was built was to show that Jesus loves all. In Portuguese, this ionic monument is known as Cristo Redentor. Christ the Redeemer was designed by a French sculptor by the name of Paul Landowski and a local engineer named Heitor da Silva Costa was chosen to supervise the entire construction. The statue was not built out of steel but from reinforced concrete as thst was considered a more suitable material for the cross shaped statue.

The statue of Christ the Redeemer can be accessed by the 2.4 m Corcovado Railway that has the capacity to hold 360 passengers every hour. The trip by rail is approximately 20 minutes and leaves the base every half an hour. From the road or the train terminal Christ the Redeemer statue is reached by 222 steps. For those not wishing to make the arduous trek up the mountain, reaching the statue is possible by escalators and elevators.

Christ the Redeemer is one of the famous tourist attraction and attracts more and more visitors every year. The best time to visit this is the late afternoon or evening, when one can enjoy the splendour of the setting sun while taking in one of the most important landmarks in the world.