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Corcovado's most popular attraction is the 38-metre (125 ft) statue depicting Jesus at its peak, entitled Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor), and the viewing platform at its peak, drawing over 300,000 visitors per year. The statue was constructed from 1922 to 1931.
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.
The Dead Christ or The Redeemer in Death is a statue of Jesus Christ executed in white Carrara marble by the Irish sculptor John Hogan (1800–1858). [1] The work was first sculpted by Hogan when he was based in Rome, alongside other artists such as sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844). [2]
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
Redeemer (Christianity), the theological concept of Jesus as redeemer; Christ the Redeemer (icon), a 15th-century Russian icon; Christ the Redeemer, a 1493 painting by Andrea Mantegna; Christ the Redeemer Parish, in Azerbaijan; Cristo Redentor, a 1968 album by Harvey Mandel
Map showing the railway's route up Corcovado. The line is 3.824 km (2.376 mi) [2] long and has four stations total. The termini are the historic base station in Cosme Velho and the summit of Corcovado. The railway was built using metre gauge and the Riggenbach rack system, and has a maximum incline of 30%. [4]
The Arabic name is the translation of 'way of pain' (طريق الآلام Ṭarīq al-ʾĀlām). The series of 14 stations currently commemorate the fourteen following episodes: [19] The place where Jesus was condemned to death; Jesus is made to bear his cross (Church of the Flagellation/Church of the Imposition of the Cross and Church of Ecce ...
Christian theology sometimes refers to Jesus using the title Redeemer or Saviour. This refererences the salvation he accomplished, and is based on the metaphor of redemption , or "buying back". In the New Testament , redemption can refer both to deliverance from sin and to freedom from captivity.