CHRIST THE REDEEMER

christ the redeemer    
south america-  brazil - reo de janeiro

• New Seven Wonders of the World
• World's 5^th largest statue of Jesus .
• Location- peak of the Corcovado mountain  in  the  Tijuca Forest National Park
• constructed between 1922 and 1931.
• Monument was opened on October 12, 1931
• Cost - 0.25million US$
• Designe - engineer Heitor da Silva Costa
• Dimension - Hight -39.6 metres (130 ft) ,  wide -30 metres (98 ft).
• Weights -635 tones
• Language Portuguese
• Currency Real (R$) (BRL), Drives on the right , Calling code +55

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