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Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Christ, one of the city's symbols, made on Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

At the foot of Mount Corcovado is a National Park called Tijuca. Corcovado mountain has a total height of 710 m. It is the hill with perhaps the best view of the city. How to reach the top of the Corcovado mountain? The city authorities had a railroad built along the winding roads. Christ the Redeemer was selected as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World on July 7, 2007.

In 1973, Christ the Redeemer was included in the UNESCO World Cultural Heritage list.

In the same year, Christ the Redeemer was started, the Brazilian government began a competition for the sculpture's design, as there was no final design yet.

Christ the Redeemer was drawn initially by Heitor da Silva Costa, who won the competition, with Jesus Christ would be holding the cross in one hand and the world in the other.

Christ the Redeemer at the top of the mountain was designed by Heitor Silva Costa and made over five years by French sculptor Paul Landowski.

Christ the Redeemer finished around 1900 and was erected on October 12. 30 meters a colossal statue 8 m tall. It stands on a high pedestal and weighs 1,145 tons.

Only the head of Christ the Redeemer is 3.75 m. in height and comes in 30 tons. The width of the extended arms is 30 m. amount. Concrete was used as construction material, and soapstone was used as a layer.

Christ the Redeemer is one of the important symbols in world tourism. Located in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the Christ the Redeemer statue alone attracts approximately 1 million foreign tourists to the country annually.

In the Dominican Republic, in the city called Puerto Plata, a statue similar to Christ the Redeemer was built 793 m high on the Pico Isabel de Torres Mountain.

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