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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 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 the border dispute between the two countries.
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 ...
Cristo-Rei in Portugal: a 28-metre-high (92 ft) monument of Christ the Redeemer; Cristo Rei of Dili, a 27-metre-high (89 ft) statue in Dili, Timor-Leste; Cerro del Cubilete in Guanajuato, Mexico: a 23-metre-high (75 ft) statue inspired by Christ the Redeemer; Cristo Rey in Ejutla, Jalisco, inspired by the Rio de Janeiro statue
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The Statue of Christ the Redeemer of Maratea (Italian: Cristo Redentore di Maratea) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Maratea, southern Italy, realized in Carrara marble on the top of the Mountain “St. Biagio". The sculpture was created by the Florentine sculptor Bruno Innocenti. The entire Statue was completed in 1965.
Cristo Redentor, a 1968 album by Harvey Mandel "Cristo Redentor", a song on Charlie Musselwhite's 1967 album Stand Back! Here Comes Charley Musselwhite's Southside Band. Covered by David Sanborn on the 2003 album Time Again; Paso Internacional Los Libertadores, a mountain pass in the Andes also known as Cristo Redentor
Cristo Redentor (literally Christ the Redeemer in English) is a neighbourhood (bairro) in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959. The first inhabitants of this neighbourhood were Italian immigrants from Caxias do Sul.