The statue chosen to be one of the New seven wonders of the world.
These days in Rio de Janeiro, go XXXI Summer Olympic games. And while we look at the symbol of Rio de Janeiro and Brazil in General — the statue of Christ the Redeemer. Elected one of the New seven wonders of the world.
What “New world wonders”? This is a known architectural structures in the world, which can happen via SMS, phone or Internet. The Colosseum, the Great wall of China, Machu Picchu, Petra in Jordan, Taj Mahal, Chichen Itza in the North of the Yucatan Peninsula (Mexico) and the Statue of Christ the Redeemer
To get to the statue by car via motorway, passing through the Tijuca national Park. The Tijuca forest is the largest forest in the world located in the city.
Leads to the top of the electrified railway (the first in Brazil), with plying on it a miniature train.
When she showed up? In 1921, the approaching centenary of national independence of Brazil (1822) was inspired by the city fathers of Rio de Janeiro was then the capital of Brazil — the creation of the statue of Christ the Redeemer. The magazine “Cruzeiro” announced the collection of funds by subscription for a monument.
The construction of the statue lasted about 9 years — from 1922 to 1931. the Original sketch of the monument was designed by artist Carlos Oswald. It was he who suggested to depict Christ with outstretched in a gesture of blessing hands, why from afar the figure looked like a huge cross. In the original version of the pedestal for the statue was supposed to be in the form of the globe.
A number of technological reasons to create such a huge statue in Brazil was then impossible, as it did in France. October 12, 1931 ceremonial opening and consecration of the monument that became a symbol of Rio de Janeiro.
