Christ the Redeemer

Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in , Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: colossal statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
  • Also known as: “Christ the Redeemer statue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Corcovado and Christ the Redeemer.

Peak
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is a mountain in central , . It is a 710-metre granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances.

Railway station
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is a railway station.

Railway station
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is a railway station, which is situated 1 km northwest of Christ the Redeemer.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Silvestre and Humaitá.

Neighborhood
is a region of , but not officially recognized as a neighborhood.

Suburb
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is a residential district in the of , . It is situated between the foot of Mountain and the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.

Suburb
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is an affluent residential neighborhood in , located around the . It borders the neighborhoods of , , , , , and .

Christ the Redeemer

Latitude
-22.95192° or 22° 57′ 7″ south
Longitude
-43.21046° or 43° 12′ 38″ west
Elevation
493 metres (1,617 feet)
Open location code
589R2QXQ+6R
Open­Street­Map ID
node 4919986733
Open­Street­Map feature
man_made=­monument
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
7521371
Wiki­data ID
Q79961
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Zeeuws—“Christ the Redeemer” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Christus die Verlosser”
  • Arabic: “المسيح الفادي”
  • Arabic: “تمثال المسيح الفادي”
  • Armenian: “Հիսուս Քրիստոսի արձան”
  • Asturian: “Cristu Redentor”
  • Azerbaijani: “İsa Məsihin heykəli”
  • Basque: “Kristo Berreroslea”
  • Basque: “Kristo Erredentorea”
  • Belarusian: “Статуя Хрыста Выратавальніка”
  • Belarusian: “Статуя Хрыста Збавіцеля”
  • Belarusian: “Статуя Хрыста-Збавіцеля”
  • Belarusian: “Хрыстос Збавіцель”
  • Bengali: “ক্রাইস্ট দ্য রিডিমার”
  • Bengali: “ত্রাণকর্তা যিশুখ্রিস্ট”
  • Bosnian: “Kip Krista Iskupitelja”
  • Bulgarian: “Статуя на Христос Спасител”
  • Bulgarian: “Статуя на Христос Спасителя”
  • Burmese: “Christ the Redeemer”
  • Catalan: “Crist Redemptor de Rio de Janeiro”
  • Catalan: “Crist Redemptor”
  • Cebuano: “Christ the Redeemer”
  • Chechen: “ГIодаккхархо волу Ӏийсан хӀоллам”
  • Chechen: “ГӀодаккхархо волу Ӏийсан хӀоллам”
  • Chinese: “基督像”
  • Chinese: “救世基督”
  • Chinese: “救世基督像”
  • Chinese: “耶穌像”
  • Chinese: “耶穌基督像”
  • Chinese: “里約基督像”
  • Chinese: “里約熱內盧基督像”
  • Croatian: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Croatian: “Kip Krista Iskupitelja”
  • Croatian: “Kip Krista Otkupitelja”
  • Czech: “Socha Krista Spasitele”
  • Czech: “Spasitelova socha”
  • Danish: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Dhivehi: “ކްރައިސްޓް ދިރިޑީމަރގެ ބުދު”
  • Dotyali: “क्राइष्ट द रिडिमर”
  • Dutch: “Christus de Verlosser”
  • Dutch: “Christusbeeld”
  • Dutch: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “تمثال المسيح الفادى”
  • Esperanto: “Statuo de Kristo Savinto”
  • Estonian: “Lunastaja Kristuse kuju”
  • Finnish: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Finnish: “Kristus Vapahtaja”
  • Finnish: “Kristus-patsas”
  • Finnish: “Rio de Janeiron Kristus-patsas”
  • French: “Christ Rédempteur”
  • French: “statue du Christ Rédempteur”
  • French: “Statue du Christ Rédempteur”
  • Galician: “Cristo de Corcovado”
  • Galician: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Galician: “Estatua do Cristo Redentor”
  • Georgian: “იესო ქრისტეს ქანდაკება რიო-დე-ჟანეიროში”
  • Georgian: “მაცხოვრის ქანდაკება რიო-დე-ჟანეიროში”
  • Georgian: “ქრისტეს ქანდაკება რიო-დე-ჟანეიროში”
  • Georgian: “ქრისტეს ქანდაკება”
  • German: “Christo Redentor”
  • German: “Christus der Erlöser”
  • German: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Greek: “Άγαλμα του Χριστού Λυτρωτή”
  • Greek: “Χριστός Λυτρωτής”
  • Guarani: “Kirito Pysyrõhára”
  • Gujarati: “ક્રાઇસ્ટ ધ રિડીમર”
  • Hebrew: “ישו הגואל”
  • Hebrew: “פסל ישו הגואל”
  • Hebrew: “פסל כריסטו רדנטור”
  • Hindi: “क्राइस्ट द रिडीमर”
  • Hungarian: “A Megváltó Krisztus szobra”
  • Ido: “Kristo Redemptoro”
  • Ido: “Kristo Redemtero”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Cristo Redentor”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Kristus Penebus”
  • Indonesian: “Patung Redeemer”
  • Irish: “Críost an Slánaitheoir”
  • Italian: “Cristo del Corcovado”
  • Italian: “Cristo Redentore”
  • Japanese: “コルコバードのキリスト像”
  • Kazakh: “Құтқарушы Мәсіх мүсіні”
  • Kazakh: “Құтқарушы Христостың мүсіні”
  • Korean: “구세주 그리스도상”
  • Korean: “구세주 예수상”
  • Korean: “리우데자네이루 예수상”
  • Korean: “브라질 그리스도상”
  • Korean: “브라질 예수상”
  • Kurdish: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Kurdish: “Peykerê Îsa”
  • Latin: “Christus Redemptor”
  • Latin: “Christus redemtor”
  • Latvian: “Kristus Pestītājs”
  • Lithuanian: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Lithuanian: “Kristaus Atpirkėjo statula”
  • Lithuanian: “Kristaus statula”
  • Luxembourgish: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Macedonian: “Статуа на Исус Христос Искупителот”
  • Maithili: “क्राइस्ट द रिडिमर”
  • Malay: “Kristus Penebus”
  • Malayalam: “Christ the Redeemer”
  • Malayalam: “ക്രൈസ്റ്റ് ദി റെഡീമർ”
  • Marathi: “क्रिस्तो रेदेंतोर”
  • Marathi: “क्रिस्तो रेदेन्तोर”
  • Marathi: “ख्रिस्ट द रिडीमर”
  • Mingrelian: “იოსე ქირსეშ ნოჭახნაკუ რიო-დე-ჟანეიროს”
  • Mongolian: “Аврагч Христийн хөшөө”
  • Nepali: “क्राइष्ट द रिडिमर”
  • Nepali: “क्राइस्ट द रिडिमर”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cristo Redentor do Rio de Janeiro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kristusstatuen i Rio de Janeiro”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kristusstatuen”
  • Norwegian: “Kristusstatuen”
  • Occitan (post 1500): “Crist Redemptor”
  • Oriya: “ମୁକ୍ତିଦାତା ଯୀଶୁ ପ୍ରତିମୂର୍ତ୍ତି”
  • Panjabi: “ਮੁਕਤੀਦਾਤਾ ਈਸਾ”
  • Persian: “تندیس مسیح”
  • Persian: “مجسمه مسیح”
  • Persian: “مجسمهٔ مسیح”
  • Polish: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Chrystusa Odkupiciela w Rio de Janeiro”
  • Polish: “Pomnik Chrystusa Zbawiciela w Rio de Janeiro”
  • Polish: “Statua Chrystusa Zbawiciela w Rio de Janeiro”
  • Portuguese: “Cristo 1 anos”
  • Portuguese: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Portuguese: “Estátua do Cristo Redentor”
  • Quechua: “Kristu Qispichiq wank’a”
  • Romanian: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Romanian: “Cristos Mântuitorul”
  • Romanian: “Hristos Mântuitorul”
  • Romanian: “Statuia lui Iisus din Rio de Janeiro”
  • Russian: “статуя Христа-Искупителя”
  • Russian: “Статуя Христа-Искупителя”
  • Russian: “статуя Христа-Спасителя”
  • Scots: “Christ the Redeemer”
  • Serbian: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Serbian: “Статуа Христа Спаса”
  • Serbian: “Христ Спаситељ”
  • Serbian: “Христос Искупитељ”
  • Serbian: “Христос Спаситељ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Kip Krista Iskupitelja”
  • Slovak: “Kristus Spasiteľ”
  • Slovenian: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Slovenian: “Kristus Odrešenik”
  • Spanish: “Cristo Redentor de Rio de Janeiro”
  • Spanish: “Cristo Redentor de Río de Janeiro”
  • Spanish: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Swedish: “Christo Redentor”
  • Swedish: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Swedish: “Kristusstatyn i Rio de Janeiro”
  • Swedish: “Kristusstatyn”
  • Tagalog: “Kristo ang Tagapagtubos”
  • Tamil: “மீட்பரான கிறிஸ்து”
  • Tamil: “ரெடிமர் ஏசு சிலை”
  • Tatar: “Христос-Йолучы һәйкәле”
  • Telugu: “క్రైస్ట్ ద రిడీమర్”
  • Telugu: “క్రైస్ట్ ది రిడీమర్”
  • Thai: “Christ the Redeemer”
  • Thai: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Thai: “กริชตูเรเดงโตร์”
  • Thai: “คริสโตรีเดนเตอร์”
  • Thai: “รูปปั้นพระเยซูคริสต์”
  • Turkish: “Christo Redentor”
  • Turkish: “Corcovado”
  • Turkish: “Kurtarıcı İsa heykeli”
  • Turkish: “Kurtarıcı İsa”
  • Twi: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Ukrainian: “Статуя Христа в Ріо-де-Жанейро”
  • Ukrainian: “Статуя Христа Спасителя”
  • Ukrainian: “Христос-Спаситель”
  • Urdu: “مسیح نجات دہندہ”
  • Uzbek: “Haloskor Masih haykali”
  • Vietnamese: “Cristo Redentor”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng Chúa Giêsu ở Rio de Janeiro”
  • Vietnamese: “Tượng Chúa Kitô Cứu Thế”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cristo an Manunubos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cristo nga Manluluwas”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cristo nga Manunubos”
  • Waray (Philippines): “Cristo nga Manurubos”
  • Western Armenian: “Քորքովատօ, Ռիօ տը Ժաներօ”
  • Western Panjabi: “مسیح بچون والا”
  • Wu Chinese: “救世基督像”
  • Yakut: “Христос Өрөһүйээччи”
  • Yakut: “Христос Толуйааччы”
  • Yue Chinese: “耶穌像”
  • Zeeuws: “Christus de Verlosser”

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