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Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; considered the largest Art Deco statue in the world and the 5th largest statue of Jesus in the world. It is 39.6 metrestall, including its 9.5 metres pedestal, and 30 metres wide. It weighs 635 tonnes and is located at the peak of the 700-metres Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city.A symbol of Brazilian Christianity, the statue has become an icon for Rio de Janeiro and Brazil. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone, and was constructed between 1922 and 1931.

HistoryThe ideas for erecting a large statue atop Corcovado was first suggested in the mid-1850s, when Catholic priest Pedro Maria Boss requested financing from Princess Isabel to build a large religiousmonument. Princess Isabel did not think much of the idea and it was dismissed in 1889, when Brazil became a republic with laws mandating the separation of church and state.[5] The second proposal for alandmark statue on the mountain was made in 1921 by the Catholic Circle of Rio.[6] The group organized an event called Semana do Monumento ("Monument Week") to attract donations and collect signaturesto support the building of the statue. The donations came mostly from Brazilian Catholics.[2] The designs considered for the "Statue of the Christ" included a representation of the Christian cross, astatue of Jesus with a globe in his hands, and a pedestal symbolizing the world.[7] The statue of Christ the Redeemer with open arms, a symbol of peace, was chosen.

A view of the statue from thebase.
Local engineer Heitor da Silva Costa designed the statue; it was sculpted by French sculptor Paul Landowski. A group of engineers and technicians studied Landowski's submissions and the decisionwas made to build the structure out of reinforced concrete (designed by Albert Caquot) instead of steel, more suitable for the cross-shaped statue. The outer layers are soapstone, chosen for its...