This towering 98-foot Christ statue watches over Rio with open arms (and hides a secret chapel beneath its feet)
Standing with arms outstretched as if embracing the entire city below, Christ the Redeemer isn’t just Rio de Janeiro’s most iconic landmark – it’s a masterpiece of human determination perched 2,300 feet above a metropolis of contradictions. This 98-foot Art Deco colossus, completed in 1931 after nine years of painstaking work, has witnessed nearly a … Lire plus