Rio Redeemer
Rio Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese) is an Art Deco statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.
The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. A symbol of Christianity across the world, the statue has also become a cultural icon of both Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and is listed as one of the New7Wonders of the World. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.
The Redeemer-Cristo Redentor-Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Location: Corcovado mountain, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- Designer: Designed by sculptor Paul Landowski and built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa in collaboration with Albert Caquot. Sculptor Gheorghe Leonida created the face
- Material: Soapstone
- Height: 30 metres (98 ft) and 38 metres (125 ft) tall with its pedestal
- Completion date: Dedicated October 12, 1931
- Consecrated: October 12, 2006
- New Seven Wonders of the World: July 7, 2007
- National Historic Heritage of Brazil
- Designated: 2001
Size of Rio Redeemer Miniature
- Height - 25 feet
- Width - 19 feet
- Length - 9.5 feet
Material of Rio Redeemer Miniature
- Electric pipes
- Automobile scrap, bike chains, spring for hair, cycle rickshaw angles
- 4-5 tonnes of scrap is used
Size of Original Rio Redeemer
- Height - 98 feet
- Width - 92 feet
- Length - 92 feet
Material of Original Rio Redeemer
- Reinforced Concrete
- Soapstone