Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer 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 and Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida who sculpted the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres high, excluding its 8-metre pedestal, and faces east. The arms stretch 28 metres wide.
- City
- Rio de Janeiro
- Country
- Brazil
- Category
- Historic
- Suggested visit
- About 90 minutes
More places in Rio de Janeiro
- Sugarloaf Mountain
- Copacabana, Rio de Janeiro
- Corcovado
- Rio de Janeiro Cathedral
- National Museum of Brazil
- Rio–Niterói Bridge
Background: Wikipedia