Thursday, May 6, 2010

Statue of Christ, the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro


The statue is the symbol of Christianity and an icon of Rio and Brazil.  In Portugese, it is known as Cristo Redentor. The statue stands 39.6 metres (130 feet) tall, weighs 700 tons.

Location:
The Statue of Christ is located at the peak of the 700-m (2296-foot) Corcovado Mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park.overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. ain Pináculo da Tentação (The Pinnacle [peak] of Temptation), alluding to the Biblical Mountain. 

History:
The Statue of Christ the Redeemer history starts in the XVIth Century when the Portuguese named the mountain Pináculo da Tentação (The Pinnacle [peak] of Temptation), alluding to the Biblical Mountain.

A century passes and the mountain is re-baptized to Corcovado, a name derived from its form, which resembles a hump or hunchback. The next recordings of christ the redeemer history is in 1924 when Dom Pedro personally led the first official expedition to Corcovado Mountain, resulting in the opening of an accessable way up.
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Then in 1859 the Vincentian father Pedro Maria Boss arrived Rio de Janeiro and was struck by the mystorious beauty of the corcovado mountain and suggested the the construction of a religous monument in honour of Princess Isabel, which in 1921 gave way for the idea of a great statue of christ viewable by all in the marvelous city of Rio. From 1859 to 1921, Dom Pedro gave his consent for the building of the Corcovado Railroad line between Cosme Velho and Paineiras, which would be an essential part of undertaking the Redentor
In 1922, on the markation of Brazilian independence and a milepeal in the Statue of Christ the Redeemer history, the work began for fullfilling the ambisious project with the fundamental stone beeing put inplace on the 22.april.

After a hard competition, the project by the engineer Heitor da Silva Costa is chosen and in September, a national fundraising campaign for the works is organized. 
Finally, in 1927, the construction of the statue begins after models of diverse sizes had been constructed. All calculations were done by Coast Hisses, helped by Pedro Viana and Heitor Levy, which during the years of construction, resided in a shed of wood at the foot of the monument.  

RAILROAD
All the necessary work material and workers who participated in the construction of the Christ statue were transported to Corcovado by the trains from the railroad that links the street Cosme Velha, which today functions as a tourist train to the top. The train was the first in Brasil appointed exclusively to transportation of tourists and also the first train to work by electricity.
 

 INAUGURATION
1931 – Is the famous year in the Statue of Christ the Redeemer history, where the monument is inaugurated on the 12 October. The final design of the monument was authored by the fine artist Carlos Oswald and the French Sculptor Paul Landowski was placed in charge of executing the sculpture. The monument to Christ, the Redeemer on the Corcovado mountain becomes the largest art déco sculpture in the world. Up till today, several reforms have been completed to ensure the quality of O Christo Redentor. Lighting has been added, and the latest renewal of September 2002 is the addition of a panoramic elevator and motorized staircase to ease the difficulty for elderly persons. ( It used to be a hard rise of 220 steps to get to the top )

All the equipment, bought from the Elevators Otis, will be painted in green. They are manufactured in the France and they produce little noise. The elevators are “politically correct”, by the fact that they will not use oils lubricants in the system.

19 comments:

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Nethra said...

Nice information. I'd never bothered about reading about it, but thanks to your blog. :)

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Anonymous said...

Where do you get such information......... really helpful to know and learn more

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pranay tiwari said...

hey really cool man ... have seen this statues pic in a few movies but never knew so much history was attached to it .. cld u post something on the holy grail ... n also something related to hindu mythology .. wld luv to read it

Dan* said...

hey very informative.... didnt know much abt it....saw in a movie behind enemy lines

HIMANSHU KARKI said...

張孟勳 , MinB2139 and CoryToy12振宇

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HIMANSHU KARKI said...

@vijay

bit of interest and lot of search my frnd :)
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HIMANSHU KARKI said...

@pranay
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HIMANSHU KARKI said...

@nethra nd @DAN

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Vinayak said...

its a great post buddy but it was published on May 6,and it has been so much time now.....so i m still waiting for a new post
Keep blogging

Dan* said...

waiting for more amazing posts from you :)

HIMANSHU KARKI said...

@vinayak
thanks for liking the post and commenting :)
I hv posted this post on may 6 but updates it recently, will be coming soon with more amazing post :)
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HIMANSHU KARKI said...

@Dan
Working on it my dear blogging frnd :)
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Mansoor Naqvi said...

Ammazingly informative..thanx dear

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