1. “The reason why it was built was to show that Christ loves all”
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By: Valentina Behaine

2. • It’s located at the top of Corcovado Mountain.
• Christ the Redeemer is 38m high and
overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro is one of
the tallest statues in the world.

3. HISTORY
• In 1924, Don Pedro personally drove to the first
official expedition to the Corcovado Mountain,
this expedition end with the opening of an
accessible raise to the above mentioned
mountain. Then in 1859 the father Vincentian
Pedro Maria Boss came to Rio de Janeiro and was
struck by the mysterious beauty of the Corcovado
Mountain and suggested the construction of a
religious monument in honour of Princess
Isabel, who in 1921 gave way for the idea of a
great statue of Christ.

4. It was built from 1926 to 1931, with funds
raised from donations. There's a chapel for
150 people on the base of the statue.
The original design of statue of Christ the
Redeemer Brazil was done by a Brazilian,
named Heitor da Silva Costa. He was also the
engineer in charge of the construction. The
project was shared with the French sculptor
Paul Landowski.

5. The statue was built not out of steel but from
reinforced concrete as that was considered a more
suitable material for the cross shaped statue. The
external caps of the idol were constructed in
soapstone due to the resistance of this material to
the extreme time and also due to its malleability.

6. The monument of statue
of Christ the Redeemer
was inaugurated on the
day of Our Lady of
Aparecida, 12 Oct 1931
by then President of
Brazil, Getulio Vargas and
cardinal Dom Sebastiao
Leme .

7. The statue of Christ the Redeemer
can be accessed by the 2.4 meter
Corcovado Railway that has the
capacity to hold 360 passengers
every hour. From the road or the
train terminal Christ the Redeemer
statue is reached by 222 steps. For
those not wishing to make the
arduous trek up the mountain,
reaching the statue is possible by
escalators and elevators.

8. This is one of the largest déco
sculptures in the world. Up to
today, several reforms have been
completed to assure the quality
of the Christo Redeemer. Lighting
has been added, and the latest
renewal of September 2002 is
the addition of a panoramic
elevator and motorized staircase
to ease the difficulty for elderly
persons

9. The statue of Christ the Redeemer in
Rio represents Jesus standing with
outstretched, welcoming arms and is
one of the most famous symbols of
this lively city.