Christ The Redeemer History

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. in the statue is 39.6 meters world.The (130 ft) high, including the 9.5 meter (31 foot) base and 30 meters (98 ft) wide. It weighs 635 tonnes (700 short tons), and is at the height of 700 feet (ft 2,300) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. A symbol of Christianity, the statue is an icon of Rio and Brazil. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone is, and was built 1922-1931.

The idea of the statue of Christ the Redeemer began in the 1850's from Pedro Maria Boss. Father Boss, along with the local Catholics, desired a monument placed upon the mountain to watch over the city of Rio de Janeiro. The Christ the Redeemer statue was chosen and the place was at the peak of the Corcovado Mountain. In order to begin creating this project, Father Boss needed funding. He approached Princess Isabel who, at the time, was the provisional head of state. Princess Isabel contemplated the project for a period of time before dismissing the creation of the statue, Christ the Redeemer. At this point, the project of building the statue was put on hold. After 1870, when Emperor Pedro II (Princess Isabel's father) returned from the Paraguayan War, no further mention was made Christ the Redeemer statue until early in the twentieth century.

In 1921, the idea of the statue was brought up again by the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro. The funding for the statue was to come from donations of the many Catholics living in Brazil. The Archdiocese designated one week for the Semana do Monumento or Monument Week in which to acquire donations and pledges for the building of the statue. Enough funding was acquired to begin the building and continued to flow in until completion.

A Brazilian engineer, Heitor da Silva Costa, is credited with designing the statue. He also is named as the engineer of the project. A French-Polish sculptor, Paul Landowski, was chosen to craft the statue. Together, Costa and Landowski began building the statue in 1926. It was completed in 1931. A ceremony dedicating the statue was held on October 12, 1931, the day of Our Lady of Aparecida.

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