Christ the Redeemer is a colossal statue of Jesus Christ with outstretched arms standing on the summit of Corcovado mountain, overlooking Rio de Janeiro. The idea for a monument on the peak had been suggested in the nineteenth century, and a Catholic campaign took it up in 1920. It was designed by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa with the French sculptor Paul Landowski and the engineer Albert Caquot, and it was built in reinforced concrete covered with soapstone tiles. It rises about thirty metres, plus its pedestal, and was inaugurated in 1931. It became the symbol of Rio and of Brazil, and was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World in 2007.
Before and after
- 1920Discovery of the Hoba meteorite
- 1920Founding of Egypt men's national football team
- c. 1920sRise of surrealism
- 1920Construction of Douaumont ossuary
- 1920Christ the Redeemer
- 1920Establishment of Kootenay National Park
- 2 January 1920Birth of Isaac Asimov
- from 17 January 1920 to 5 December 1933Prohibition in the United States
- 19 January 1920Birth of Javier Pérez de Cuéllar
More in Art, literature & culture
- 1925Rise of Art Deco
- 1 May 1931Construction of Empire State Building
- 1935Construction of Da Nang International Airport
- 28 May 1937Construction of Golden Gate Bridge
- 20 May 1940Construction of Auschwitz
- 6 April 1943Publication of The Little Prince
The era
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