The most famous statue in Brazil is Christ the Redeemer, a large statue of Jesus Christ in Art Deco style, located on the top of Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil for more than 75 years, weighing 1,145 tons and high. Thirty-eight meters, the open hands are 28 meters wide, and the base is also a Catholic church that can accommodate 150 people. The Christ the Redeemer was designed by the Polish-French artist Paul Landovsky. It took four years to build. It is also one of the most famous landmarks in Brazil. It can be seen from almost every angle in downtown Rio, Brazil. see it! The following editor will give you a detailed introduction to the most famous statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil!
The idea to build a statue on Corcovado Hill began in the mid-1850s, when a Catholic priest, Pedro Maria Bos,[2] asked Princess Isabel of the Empire of Brazil to finance a large religious monument. Princess Isabel didn’t take the idea very seriously, and when Brazil became a republic in 1889, the idea was completely rejected by the government, as the law at the time mandated the separation of church and state.
The second proposal to “build a landmark on the hill” was proposed by the Archbishop of Rio de Janeiro in 1921. The archbishop has organized a campaign called Semana do Monumento (Monumento Week) to attract donations, mostly from Brazilian Catholics. The design requirements for the Christ statue include a cross that represents Christianity, a statue of Jesus Christ holding the earth, and a pedestal that symbolizes the world. Finally, the design appearance of “Christ the Redeemer spreads his arms” was chosen.
The Christ the Redeemer was designed by French monument sculptor Paul Landowski, with construction overseen by local engineer Heitor da Silva Cosca. A team of engineers and technicians studied Landowski’s design and decided to use reinforced concrete instead of steel to better suit the crucifix-shaped statue. Koska and Landowski decided to use talc as the outer material for the statue because of its flexibility and resistance to harsh weather. Rio de Janeiro also purposely built the Corcovado mountain railway to transport the large stones needed to build the statue to the top of the mountain.
On October 12, 1931, a grand inauguration ceremony was held on the Corcovado Mountain. Brazilian President Vargas cut the ribbon for the statue. This day was the commemoration of the Brazilian patron saint, Aparecida. Festival). A highlight of the inauguration ceremony was the activation of the lighting system. It was originally planned that the Italian inventor Marconi would activate the switch by radio from his cruise ship in Naples, but due to the bad weather conditions that day, the signal strength was affected, In the end, it had to be manually opened by the staff on the Corcovado Mountains.
On October 12, 2006, at the celebration of the 75th anniversary of the inauguration of the statue, Cardinal Eusebio Oscar Scheide of Rio de Janeiro gave Mass under the statue for the Day of the Apparitions of the Virgin Mary, which made the Christ statue a pilgrimage site, and has since been In the future Catholics can be baptized and declared married in front of the statue.
