Cristo Redentor

Christ the Redeemer or Cristo Redentor is the second largest Art Deco statue (39.5 meters) in the world after Cristo de la Concordia which is located in San Pedro hill in Cochabamba, Bolivia, that is slightly taller (40.44 meters). The statue shows JESUS with open arms, a symbol of welcome to Christianity and Brazil in general. Designed by a local engineer-Heitor da Silva Costa-the statue stands on Corcovado Mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park, overlooking the city of Rio de Jeneiro, Brazil. History has it that, it was designed between 1922 and 1931 at a total cost of $250,000. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone and weighs 635 tons. O Cristo Redentor was named as one of the seven wonders of the world on 7 July 2007, in a list complied by The New Open World Corporation, Swiss.