Christ the Redeemer
Landmark
A giant statue with open arms above Rio de Janeiro.
The statue of Christ the Redeemer stands on top of the Corcovado, a mountain 700 metres above the city of Rio de Janeiro. It was finished in 1931.
The statue is 30 metres tall and stands on a pedestal of 8 metres. From fingertip to fingertip the arms measure 28 metres. It is made of concrete, covered with small tiles of soapstone.
- tall
- 30 m
- from hand to hand
- 28 m
- finished
- 1931
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Lightning strikes the statue several times a year. In 2014 it broke off the tip of a thumb.
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The outside is a mosaic of about six million soapstone tiles.
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A little train climbs through the forest to the top.
Question 1 of 2
In which city does the statue stand?
- Iguazu FallsHundreds of waterfalls side by side in the jungle.
- Salar de UyuniThe largest salt flat in the world, and after rain the largest mirror.
- Atacama DesertThe driest desert in the world outside the poles, between the Andes and the ocean.
- AconcaguaThe highest mountain in the world outside Asia.
It is in Brazil.
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