Cristo Redentor

On our second day in Rio de Janeiro, we went to the top of Corcovado Mountain and visited the marvelous Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer).

Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: O Cristo Redentor) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, completed in 1931. The statue stands 98 ft wide and 120 ft tall with its pedestal. It weighs 635 tons, and is located at the peak of the 2,300 ft Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city. On 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. Thanks, Wikipedia. To see how it came to be constructed see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29 (you may have to copy & paste)