Tuesday, May 15, 2012

Rio de Janeiro Christ the Redeemer


The world famed Rio de Janeiro Christ the Redeemer statue is the central focus of this startling city. This has constructed in the year 1931. Each and every year millions of devotees have been visiting this divine place to get the Jesus grace. The Rio de Janeiro Christ the Redeemer statue is one of the most noteworthy land marks in the globe and named under the list of seven wonders from 2007.


The suggestion in the rear of this fabulous divine statue has first proposed in the mid of 1850's via the Catholic Priest named Pedro Maria Boss. He has requested the finance to fabricate a religious tribute in the city. Though the plan has canceled and the monument never built. 

Again in 1921 a monument has projected again by the Catholic Circle of Rio. They demanded to the public for full support and donations to assemble the statue to symbolize the religious strength in the country.

Christ the Redeemer statue is a universal representation of peace. This remarkable statue took nine years to complete, and also made from toughened concrete at the outer layers. These heavy equipments were chosen in behalf of the Rio de Janeiro statue due to their hard irksome qualities and make ease to work with.

The whole design of the Jesus statue fashioned by French sculptor that commissioned to sculpt the Christ the Redeemer. The entire charge of the statue was the approximately of $250,000 at the moment. In 1980, Pope John Paul II has programmed to trip the Rio de Janeiro statue and main restoration work had undertaken. Again, in 2003 the escalators and elevators were built the viewing platform.

In the year 2008, the over lightning hit the statue that cause heavy damage to the fingers, eyebrows and head of the statue. And so it is maintained in the correct format.    All of the stone that used in the restoration has been taken from the quarry that the innovative pieces were from. An incredible lighting coordination has also installed to light up the pedestal of the shrine. The height of the statue is 38 meters and weighing 1.145 tones.

Keywords: Christ, Jesus, Christ the Redeemer

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