What is the name of the mountain above Rio de Janeiro where the statue of Christ the Redeemer stands?
"of Santa Teresa, which gives access to Tijuca National Park and Corcovado, there is a broad panoramic view of the city. The Associação Civil de Divulgação Cultural e Educacional Japonesa do Rio de Janeiro (""Civil Association of Japanese Educational and Cultural Dissemination of Rio de Janeiro"", known in Japanese as the ""Rio de Janeiro Japanese School""), a Japanese international day school, was previously located in Santa Teresa. It is now located in Cosme Velho. Santa Teresa, Rio de Janeiro Santa Teresa () is the name of a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located on"
"Corcovado Corcovado (), means ""hunchback"" in Portuguese, is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It Is Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances. It is known worldwide for the 38-metre (125 ft) statue of Jesus atop its peak, entitled ""Cristo Redentor"" or ""Christ the Redeemer"". The peak and statue can be accessed via a narrow road, by the 3.8 kilometre (2.4 mi) Corcovado Rack Railway, which was opened in 1884 and refurbished in 1980, or by the walking trail on the south side of"
"and erosion to which the statue is exposed, as well as lightning strikes. The original pale stone is no longer available in sufficient quantities, and replacement stones are increasingly darker in hue. Christ the Redeemer (statue) Christ the Redeemer (, , ) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is high, excluding its pedestal. The arms stretch wide."
"Peter is the same size as the world-famous statue of Christ the Redeemer, found at the top of the Sugarloaf Mountain in the city of Rio de Janeiro. The church of São Pedro Apóstolo (St. Peter Apostle) of São Pedro do Butiá is a very good example of the neo-gothic architecture which prevailed and characterizes most of the earlier larger religious structures in the Germanic regions in the Northwest of the state. Even more impressive is its parish church: The main church Paróquia Sagrada Família de Narazé (Sacred Family of Nazareth Church) is a much larger and a two-towered neo-gothic"
"Corcovado Rack Railway The Corcovado Train () is a rack railway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Cosme Velho to the summit of the Corcovado Mountain at an altitude of . The summit is known for its statue of ""Christ the Redeemer"" and its views over the city and beaches of Rio. The line is long. It is a gauge rack railway using the Riggenbach rack system. The line was opened by Emperor Dom Pedro II on 9 October 1884. Initially steam hauled, the line was the first railway to be electrified in Brazil in 1910, and was re-equipped in"
"including Pope Pius XII, Pope John Paul II, Alberto Santos-Dumont, Albert Einstein and Diana, Princess of Wales. Corcovado Rack Railway The Corcovado Train () is a rack railway in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from Cosme Velho to the summit of the Corcovado Mountain at an altitude of . The summit is known for its statue of ""Christ the Redeemer"" and its views over the city and beaches of Rio. The line is long. It is a gauge rack railway using the Riggenbach rack system. The line was opened by Emperor Dom Pedro II on 9 October 1884. Initially steam hauled,"
"the King is counted) and taller than the ""Christ the Redeemer"" (30 m tall) outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, making it the second largest statue of Jesus Christ in the world. It is the third largest statue in the Southern Hemisphere, after the statue of Virgen de la Paz in Venezuela, and the statue of Saint Rita of Cascia in Brazil. The left hand of the statue points to the South, and the right points to the North. Cristo de la Concordia Cristo de la Concordia (""Christ of Peace"") is a statue of Jesus Christ located atop San Pedro Hill,"
"Cristo del Pacífico Cristo del Pacífico, ""the Christ of the Pacific"", is a 37 metre high statue of Jesus erected in Lima, Peru, in 2011. Its erection was a gift from a consortium of Brazilian companies to the city of Lima, under former President Alan García, and described as a parting gift to the nation on occasion of his leaving office after the 2011 presidential election. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. At including its pedestal, and without, the statue is smaller than the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which"
"America, only smaller than the statue of ""Christ The Redeemer"" in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and ""Cristo de la Concordia"" in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In the sanctuary of Christ of the Noas, there is a religious resort with replica of the Holy Land, panoramic restaurant, and soon plans to build a cable car, begun in 1973 and opened in 2000. This statue owes its name after the hill where it is placed, Cerro de las Noas, named after a desert cactus that grows in this region. At the Cristo de las Noas Sanctuary, there is a religious touristic complex with Holy"
"Pedra da Gávea Pedra da Gávea is a monolithic mountain in Tijuca Forest, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Composed of granite and gneiss, its elevation is , making it one of the highest mountains in the world that ends directly in the ocean. Trails on the mountain were opened up by the local farming population in the early 1800s; today, the site is under the administration of the Tijuca National Park. The mountain's name translates as ""Rock of the Topsail"", and was given to it during the expedition of Captain Gaspar de Lemos, begun in 1501, and in which the Rio"
"the famous statue in Rio de Janeiro. Two hospitals of Porto Alegre are located here. Cristo Redentor, Rio Grande do Sul Cristo Redentor (literally ""Christ the Redeemer"" in English) is a neighbourhood (""bairro"") in the city of Porto Alegre, the state capital of Rio Grande do Sul, in Brazil. It was created by Law 2022 from December 7, 1959. The first inhibitants of this neighbourhood were Italian immigrants from Caxias do Sul. One of them was Giacomo Bernardi, who owned 30 hectare farm in the area, called ""Fazenda Moderna"". Later it was divided into many lots. Cristo Redentor was named"
"Heitor da Silva Costa Heitor da Silva Costa (25 July 1873 – 21 April 1947, in Rio de Janeiro) was a Brazilian civil engineer, designer and constructor of the ""Christ the Redeemer"" monument in Rio de Janeiro. In 1924, Heitor won a completion for the construction of monumental Christ the Saviour statue ""Monumento Cristo Redentor"" on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro organided by the Catholic Church. The reason for the competition was the one hundred year anniversary of the independence of Brazil (1822). The monument was inaugurated on 12 October 1931. In 1881 at the age of eight years, Heitor"
"measures , without its pedestal. Cristo del Pacífico Cristo del Pacífico, ""the Christ of the Pacific"", is a 37 metre high statue of Jesus erected in Lima, Peru, in 2011. Its erection was a gift from a consortium of Brazilian companies to the city of Lima, under former President Alan García, and described as a parting gift to the nation on occasion of his leaving office after the 2011 presidential election. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. At including its pedestal, and without, the statue is smaller than the Christ the Redeemer statue"
"the Redeemer"" that became now the symbol of Maratea. Cristo Redentore The Statue of Christ the Redeemer of Maratea () is a statue of Jesus Christ in Maratea, southern Italy, realized in Carrara marble on the top of the Mountain “""St. Biagio""."" The sculpture was created by the Florentine sculptor Bruno Innocenti.The entire Statue was completed in 1965. The idea to realize the Statue was the Count Stefano Rivetti of Valcervo’s, who was also the promoter and financier of the project execution. This is the third tallest statue of Jesus in Europe, after ""Christ the King"" in Świebodzin, Poland and"
"Cristo de la Concordia Cristo de la Concordia (""Christ of Peace"") is a statue of Jesus Christ located atop San Pedro Hill, to the east of Cochabamba, Bolivia. It is accessible by cable car, or by climbing 2,000 steps. The statue is tall, on a pedestal of , for a total height of . Construction of the statue began on 12 July 1987, and was completed 20 November 1994. It was designed by César and Wálter Terrazas Pardo, and was modeled after the statue ""Christ the Redeemer"" in Rio de Janeiro. Standing above the city of Cochabamba, the statue rises"
"Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain ( ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising above the harbor, its name is said to refer to its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar. It is known worldwide for its cableway and panoramic views of the city. The mountain is one of several monolithic granite and quartz mountains that rise straight from the water's edge around Rio de Janeiro. The mountain is protected by the Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural"
"Christ the King (Lubango) The Christ the King statue (Portuguese: ""Cristo Rei"") is a Catholic monument and shrine overlooking the city of Lubango in the South of Angola. It was inspired by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), as one of only four in the world. This white marble statue was built in 1957. The monument was designed in the 1950s by Portuguese engineer of Madeira Frazão Sardinha, and is listed as an Angolan World Heritage Site as of April 18, 2014. The statue was built in 1957, by the ancient settlers of the region of"
"the Redeemer statue, the Sugarloaf Mountain, and coastline and water. The logo was designed by Gustavo Huguenin, a native of Cantagalo, Rio de Janeiro. The logo design was based on the official World Youth Day 2013 theme of the Great Commission from the , and includes the use of colours found in Brazilian flag. The unveiling of the official logo was postponed by Orani João Tempesta out of respect to the January 2011 natural disasters. The logo was later revealed on 7 February 2012. The official logo was presented to President Dilma Rousseff by Rio de Janeiro governor, Sérgio Cabral"
"Christ the King (Almada) The Sanctuary of Christ the King () is a Catholic monument and shrine dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus Christ overlooking the city of Lisbon situated in Almada, in Portugal. It was inspired by the ""Christ the Redeemer"" statue of Rio de Janeiro, in Brazil, after the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon visited that monument. The project was inaugurated on 17 May 1959, while Portugal was ruled by the authoritarian President of the Council of Ministers António de Oliveira Salazar who gave his final permission for the project. The giant statue in cement was erected to"
"Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument () is a natural monument in the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It protects the Sugarloaf Mountain and the adjoining Morro da Urca, distinctive landmarks of the city. The Sugarloaf Mountain and Urca Hill Natural Monument has an area of . The monument is located in the neighborhood of Urca, near where the first settlement of the city of Rio de Janeiro was made. Attractions include the ""Bondinho"" cable car ride, inaugurated in 1912, Cláudio Coutinho Track for running or walking, the Morro da"
"at Bran Castle, the National Museum of Art and other major museums in Bucharest. He died in the spring of 1942, falling off the roof of his family home in Bucharest, while picking linden flowers. Gheorghe Leonida Gheorghe Leonida (1892/93–1942) was a Romanian sculptor known for creating the head of ""Christ the Redeemer"", the statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gheorghe Leonida was born in Galați, in 1892 (1893 according to other sources). Coming from an influential middle-class family, he was the penultimate among 11 children. Among his siblings was the pioneering female engineer Elisa Leonida Zamfirescu"
"Pedra do Elefante Natural Monument The Pedra do Elefante Natural Monument () is a municipal Natural monument in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Pedra do Elefante Natural Monument is in the municipality of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro. It has an area of about . The monument is an imposing granite mountain in the Serra de Petrópolis. It is in the Posse district of the Taquaril ""Bairro"". It is located on the Taquaril road. The rock, also known as Jacuba Menor, rises to an elevation of . The rock face is about high, and has thousands of boulders"
"but they counted on Jefferson Fiscal Court to buy around from them for $400,000, giving them the money to start the project. In March 1996, Robert Alberhasky bought Waverly Hills and the surrounding area. Alberhasky's Christ the Redeemer Foundation Inc. made plans to construct the world's tallest statue of Jesus on the site, along with an arts and worship center. The statue, which was inspired by the famed Christ the Redeemer statue on Corcovado Mountain in Rio de Janeiro, would have been designed by local sculptor Ed Hamilton and architect Jasper Ward. The first phase of the development, coming in"
"and developed to grow sugar and coffee. Replanting was carried out by Major Manuel Gomes Archer in the second half of the 19th century in a successful effort to protect Rio's water supply. This followed concerns made by the Brazilian Emperor Pedro II in 1861 about erosion and deforestation caused by intensive farming, as declining levels of rainfall had already begun affecting the supply of drinking water. In 1961, Tijuca Forest was declared a national park. The Forest contains a number of attractions, most notably the colossal sculpture of ""Christ the Redeemer"" atop Corcovado mountain. Other attractions include the Cascatinha"
"Pico do Jaraguá Pico do Jaraguá (Jaraguá Peak) is the highest mountain in the Brazilian city of São Paulo, at 1135 metres above sea level, located at the Serra da Cantareira. Jaraguá means Lord of the Valley in Tupi. In 1580, Afonso Sardinha was settled on the mountain, and found gold there. However, due to the indigenous people who lived there at that time, the mining only began ten years later, after numerous wars. The gold was explored until it was not possible to find it any more, by the 19th century. In 1961, the Parque Estadual do Jaraguá ""(Jaraguá"
"Cristo Redentore The Statue of Christ the Redeemer of Maratea () is a statue of Jesus Christ in Maratea, southern Italy, realized in Carrara marble on the top of the Mountain “""St. Biagio""."" The sculpture was created by the Florentine sculptor Bruno Innocenti.The entire Statue was completed in 1965. The idea to realize the Statue was the Count Stefano Rivetti of Valcervo’s, who was also the promoter and financier of the project execution. This is the third tallest statue of Jesus in Europe, after ""Christ the King"" in Świebodzin, Poland and ""Cristo-Rei"" (""Christ the King"") in Lisbon, and the fifth"
"Christ the Redeemer of the Andes Christ the Redeemer of the Andes () is a monument high in the Andes at 3,832 metres (12,572 ft) above mean sea level on the border between Argentina and Chile. It was unveiled on 13 March 1904 as a celebration of the peaceful resolution of the border dispute between the two countries. ""The Christ of the Andes"", a symbol of eternal peace, is commonly believed to have been made from the cannons of war, though some historians regard this as doubtful. Engraved at the feet in Spanish are the words, ""Sooner shall these mountains"
"in 1886 and stands 93 metres tall, representing freedom and welcoming immigrants who arrived by boat to the USA. The Solid Rock Church, a Christian megachurch, had a 19-metre tall statue named ‘""King of Kings""’, which depicted Jesus with his arms raised in the air. The statue was destroyed on June 14, 2010 after being hit by lightning and burning down. It has now been replaced by a new statue depicting Jesus standing with his arms held out in front of him, named ‘""Lux Mundi""’. ‘""Christ the Redeemer""’ is a large-scale statue overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,"
"Christ the Redeemer (Spanish: Túnel Cristo Redentor) is long, and serves as an important land crossing between Chile and Argentina. At the middle of the tunnel is the national border, which is the termini of Chile Route 60 and Argentina Route 7. The path can be closed during winter because of heavy snows blocking both ends and the threat of rockfall. Its name comes from the four ton ""Christ the Redeemer of the Andes"" (""Cristo Redentor de los Andes"") statue placed in 1904 near the Uspallata pass at an elevation of . The pass was the highest point of the"
"right armpit of Rio de Janeiro's most prominent landmark, Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer) statue. Jardim Botânico, Rio de Janeiro Jardim Botânico () is a residential neighborhood of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, located north of Ipanema and Leblon, just across Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas and east of Gávea. Jardim Botânico lies in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro. The district got its name as it grew around the city's Botanical Garden. The residents are generally upper-middle to upper-class and do not live near a favela, which is rare in the city. It differs from most of Rio's neighbourhoods due"
"Rio Grande Rise The Rio Grande Rise, also called the Rio Grande Elevation, is an aseismic ocean ridge in the southern Atlantic Ocean off the coast of Brazil. Together with the Walvis Ridge off Africa, the Rio Grande Rise forms a V-shaped structure of mirrored hotspot tracks or seamount chains across the northern South Atlantic. In 2013, Brazilian scientists announced that they found granite boulders on the Rio Grande Rise and speculated that it could be the remains of a submerged continent, which they called the ""Brazilian Atlantis"". Other researchers, however, noted that such boulders can end-up on the ocean"
"other two mountains in the area, Morro da Babilônia and Morro da Urca. Together, they form one of the largest urban climbing areas in the world, with more than 270 routes, between 1 and 10 pitches long. Sugarloaf Mountain Sugarloaf Mountain ( ) is a peak situated in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at the mouth of Guanabara Bay on a peninsula that juts out into the Atlantic Ocean. Rising above the harbor, its name is said to refer to its resemblance to the traditional shape of concentrated refined loaf sugar. It is known worldwide for its cableway and panoramic views"
"Monte Pascoal Monte Pascoal is a mountain to the south of the city of Porto Seguro, in the state of Bahia, Brazil. According to history, it was the first part of land viewed by Portuguese explorer Pedro Álvares Cabral, allegedly the first European to arrive in Brazil, in 1500. It was described as a tall, rounded mountain arising from the ocean. Monte Pascoal is a national symbol to Brazilians and gives its name to a national park, Parque Nacional do Monte Pascoal. The name ""Pascoal"" refers to ""Páscoa"" (Portuguese for ""Easter""), as the sighting of the mount happened around the"