Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Construction of the statue began as early as 1922, according to plans by the Brazilian civil engineer Heitor da Silva CostaThe chest of cardinal Sebastiao Leme da Silveira Cintra Cardinal Sebastiao Leme da Silveira Cintra was the priest who inaugurated the statue of Christ the Redeemer on He had an impressive religious journey from philosophy and theology to the priesthood, the archbishopric before becoming a cardinal where he participated in the election of Pius XIITowering 2,310 feet above the city of Rio, the Christ the Redeemer statue has fascinated experts and historians for nearly a hundred years It's the fourth largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world, the largest Art Decostyle sculpture on the planet, and to top it all off, in 07 the statue was deemed as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World along with Machu Picchu, the Great Wall
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