Christ the Redeemer
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| Christ the Redeemer |
| Paul Landowski, 1926-1931 |
| reinforced concrete |
| 3960 × cm |
| Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro |
| 64 worlds greatest paintings |
Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor), is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.[1] The statue stands 39.6 metres (130 feet) tall, weighs 700 tons, and is located at the peak of the 700-m (2296-foot) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city.
A symbol of Christianity, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.
As of 7 July 2007, Christ the Redeemer was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a list compiled by the Swiss-based The New Open World Corporation. In Brazil there was a campaign Vote no Cristo (Vote for the Christ) which had the support of private companies, namely telecommunications operators that stopped charging voters to make telephone calls to vote. Additionally, leading corporate sponsors including Banco Bradesco and Rede Globo spent "millions" of dollars in the effort to have the statue voted into the top seven.
22 sculptures: Christ the Redeemer
44 buildings: Eiffel Tower • Colosseum • Big Ben • St Basil's Cathedral • Chichen Itza • Taj Mahal • Great Pyramid of Giza • Great Wall of China • Machu Picchu, Petra
64 paintings: American Gothic • Arnolfini marriage • Bacchus and Ariadne • Birth of Venus • Black Square • Burial of St. Lucy • Creation of Adam • Danae • Flight of a Bee • Girl with a Pearl Earring • Guernica • Haywain • Icon of the Trinity • Les Demoiselles d'Avignon • Liberty Leading the People • Madonna Litta • Mona Lisa • Moulin de la Galette • Olympia • Ship of Fools • Sistine Madonna • The Crucifixion of St. Peter • The Death Of Marat • The Great Wave • The Kiss • The Last Supper • The Nude Maja • The Old Guitarist • The Persistence of Memory • The School of Athens • The Scream • The Son of Man • The Starry Night • The Sunflowers • The Third of May • Tower of Babel • Triumph of Galatea • Venus at Her Mirror • Venus de Milo • Venus of Urbino • View of Toledo • Vitruvian Man
