Christ the Redeemer!

Today our intrepid travelers visited another monumental location in Rio called Christ the Redeemer. I have a hard time understanding how a statue of this size is constructed let alone set atop a peak at 2,296 ft. According to Wikipedia it stands at 130 feet tall and weighs 700 tons. Construction started in 1922 and was completed nine years later in 1931 when it opened. It was designed by a local and sculpted by a Pole named Paul Landowski. The total cost was ~$250,000 which by today's standards is quite inexpensive. I'm sure there are some homes in Beverly Hills with gnomes in their front yard that cost that much.
16 days ago Christ the Redeemer was struck by lightning during a violent electrical storm that reeked havoc in Rio. The statue was amazingly unharmed.



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