Cristo Redentor

Cristo Redentor (dt: Christ the Redeemer) is a monument in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil) on the Corcovado Mountain in the Tijuca forest in the southern part of the city.

The establishment of the Monumento Cristo Redentor statue of Christ was originally planned to mark the centenary of independence of Brazil. They have been designed by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa. Funding problems delayed the construction but for almost ten years before by the support of the Archdiocese of Rio, the Vatican and France, including the inauguration on 12 Could take place in October 1931.

The statue is 30 meters high and rests on an 8-meter-high base, which also houses a chapel for 150 people. The span of the arms is 28 meters, the total weight of the statue is 1145 tons. The head and hands were made for plaster models, which had produced the French sculptor Paul Landowski in his studio near Paris. Building material is reinforced concrete, covered with a mosaic of soapstone.

On the occasion of the 75th Anniversary of the establishment was the statue of Christ in 2006, ordained as a Catholic place of pilgrimage.