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It is one of the tallest statues of Jesus Christ in the world, at 40 m (130 ft). It stands on the top of Buntu Burake hill about 1.700 metres above sea level. [4] [5] Jesus Buntu Burake also has a glass bridge. [6] A competition was held in 2013 to work on this statue and is open to the public.
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.
Monument to Christ on top of the hill. Both the building at Cerro del Cubilete and the statue of Christ follow the style known as art deco. The current building serves as the basis for the gigantic statue which measures 20 meters and weighs 80 tons. This statue of Christ is the biggest bronze statue in the world. [citation needed]
Construction was completed a little less than 10 years later, and it was dedicated on Oct. 12, 1931. Weighing 635 metric tons, it is the largest Art Deco statue in the world.
In return for the display, the Swifties were tasked with gathering funds for the Catholic Church’s World Day of the Poor. Brazil's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue welcomes Taylor Swift Skip to ...
Many other monumental statues of Jesus, include: Cerro del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico; Cerro de los Ángeles on a hill located in Getafe, Spain; Christ at El Picacho in the north area of Tegucigalpa, capital of Honduras; Christ Blessing in Manado, North Sulawesi, Indonesia; Christ of Havana in Havana, Cuba; Christ of the Abyss in various ...
This list of tallest statues includes completed statues that are at least 50 m (160 ft) tall. The height values in this list are measured to the highest part of the human (or animal) figure, but exclude the height of any pedestal (plinth), or other base platform as well as any mast, spire, or other structure that extends higher than the tallest figure in the monument.
The statue is about 20 metres (66 ft) high including a 3-metre (10 ft) base. [1] It weighs approximately 320 tons. The statue was built from 67 blocks of marble that had been brought from Italy after being personally blessed by Pope Pius XII. The figure of Christ is standing with the right hand held near the chin and the left hand near his chest.