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Photo showing the relative size of the statue. Christ the Redeemer of the Andes (Spanish: Cristo Redentor de los Andes) is a monument high in the Principal Cordillera of the Andes at 3,832 metres (12,572 ft) above mean sea level on the border between Argentina and Chile. It was unveiled on 13 March 1904 to celebrate the peaceful resolution of ...
Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus 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.
Christ the Redeemer is perhaps the most famous statue of Jesus, located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Christ the King in Portugal. Christ the King is another very famous statue of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, located in Almada, overlooking the city of Lisbon, Portugal. Christ the King overlooking the Dog River basin in Lebanon
A Historic photo of Christ the Redeemer of the Andes. As the Argentine–Chilean naval arms race came to an end with the Pacts of May Argentine President Julio Argentino Roca wanted to create a symbol to represent the peace. [3] Oliviera Cézar proposed erecting a large statue of Jesus Christ on the Argentina–Chile border.
Its name comes from the four-ton Christ the Redeemer of the Andes (Cristo Redentor de los Andes) statue placed in 1904 near the Uspallata Pass at an elevation of 3,832 m (12,572 ft). The pass was the highest point of the road before the opening of the tunnel lowered the maximum elevation by 600 m (1,969 ft), eliminated 65 switchbacks and ...
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Christ the Redeemer/Cristo Redentor, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil ... Christ the Redeemer statue, Paul Landowski, 1931; ... Universidad de Chile, Santiago, 1938; Instituto ...