By now, you already have heard that her Excellency President Dilma Vana Rousseff is playing host to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
And when I tell the Gentle Reader that the 2016 Summer Olympic Games will be held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, I'm telling the Gentle Reader the following information. That one of the landmarks that the Olympic flag will be waving over is going to be a giant mountain top statue of Jesus Christ called Cristo Redentor.
And when I tell the Gentle Reader that the Cristo Redentor is a gigantic statue of Jesus Christ, what I'm telling the Gentle Reader is that the Cristo Redentor is either the same size as the Statue of Liberty or possibly even taller than that. And it's perched on top of Corcovado Mountain located in Tijuca Forest National Park. At 130 feet in length, the Cristo Redentor is the fifth tallest statue of Jesus Christ in the world and it's the tallest art deco statue in the world. The Cristo Redentor is only the fifth largest Jesus Christ statue in the world.
Not to be outdone, Świebodzin, Poland also built themselves a statue of Jesus Christ called Pomnik Chrystusa Króla aka Christ the King. Built on top of an intentional pile of rocks, stones and assorted other debris, the Christ the King statue is 108 feet in height (I'm guessing that also includes the crown). So if you're ever on vacation to Świebodzin, Poland, be sure to visit this statue too whenever you get the chance to do so.
Located in Cochabamba, Bolivia, we have the Cristo de la Concordia which is another gigantic statue of Jesus also located in South America. Built on a pedistal that's not nearly as sloppy looking as the Polish Christ the King statue, the Cristo de la Concordia is 132.7 feet tall.
I've seen the one in Poland and it does stand in a pile of rocks in the middle of a field...
ReplyDeleteBut civilization is close, there's a new Tesco (the european mini-mall empire) across the street. I was surprised this tesco came with a standard gigantic American parking lot and was just outside of town, forcing people to use cars in a city that had done just fine without so many cars for centuries.
I think Swebodzin has a few more years of building to complete a surrounding complex to cash in on the biggest Jesus in the universe, that's the idea anyway, right?