Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, designed by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa in collaboration with the French sculptor Paul Landowski and dedicated on October 12, 1931. Built of reinforced concrete faced with soapstone tiles, the statue stands about 30 meters tall on an 8-meter pedestal, with its outstretched arms spanning roughly 28 meters, and overlooks the city from a summit reached by cog railway. It was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a 2007 public poll, and UNESCO included the statue within the Rio de Janeiro cultural landscape inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2012.
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Building Type Completed Year Height (m)Height of the statue itself, excluding its 8 metre pedestal. Total height including the pedestal is 38 metres. Classification
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1. Christ the Redeemer (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationEntity description and the lead of the Wikipedia articleQuote, Entity description and the lead of the Wikipedia article
Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ atop Corcovado mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, designed by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa in collaboration with the French sculptor Paul Landowski and dedicated on October 12, 1931. Built of reinforced concrete faced with soapstone tiles, the statue stands about 30 meters tall on an 8-meter pedestal, with its outstretched arms spanning roughly 28 meters, and overlooks the city from a summit reached by cog railway. It was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in a 2007 public poll, and UNESCO included the statue within the Rio de Janeiro cultural landscape inscribed as a World Heritage Site in 2012.
2. Wikipedia
Wikimedia FoundationWikipedia: Christ the Redeemer (statue), Lead section
Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈkɾistu ʁedẽˈtoʁ]) 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.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue), lead paragraph sentence 2, construction dates
Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal, and faces east.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_(statue), lead paragraph sentence 2, height figures
Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal, and faces east.
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