Christ the Redeemer
Christ the Redeemer is a railway station in Santa Tereza, Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Redeemer is situated nearby to the railway station Paineiras, as well as near the neighborhood Silvestre.- Type: Railway station
- Description: top station of Corcovado Rack Railway
- Also known as: “Christo Redemptor” and “Cristo Redentor train station”
- Wheelchair access: limited
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Christ the Redeemer and Corcovado.
Christ the Redeemer
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Christ the Redeemer is an Art Deco statue of Jesus in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French engineer Albert Caquot.
Corcovado
Peak
Photo: Jens Hausherr, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Corcovado is a mountain in central Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a 710-metre granite peak located in the Tijuca Forest, a national park. Corcovado hill lies just west of the city center but is wholly within the city limits and visible from great distances.
Paineiras
Railway station
Photo: Halleypo, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Paineiras is a railway station, which is situated 1 km northwest of Christ the Redeemer.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Silvestre and Humaitá.
Silvestre
Neighborhood
Silvestre is a region of Rio de Janeiro, but not officially recognized as a neighborhood.
Humaitá
Suburb
Photo: Wikityke, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Humaitá is a residential district in the South Zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is situated between the foot of Corcovado Mountain and the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon.
Lagoa
Suburb
Photo: renatadihl, CC BY 2.0.
Lagoa is an affluent residential neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil located around the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon. It borders the neighborhoods of Ipanema, Leblon, Copacabana, Gávea, Jardim Botânico, and Humaitá.
Christ the Redeemer
- Categories: top station, station located on surface, station, and transportation
- Location: Santa Tereza, Rio de Janeiro, Grande Rio, Rio de Janeiro, Southeast, Brazil, South America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-22.95175° or 22° 57′ 6″ southLongitude
-43.21069° or 43° 12′ 39″ westElevation
261 metres (856 feet)Open location code
589R2QXQ+7POpenStreetMap ID
node 745762402OpenStreetMap feature
public_transport=stationOpenStreetMap feature
railway=stationOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=limitedGeoNames ID
13012979Wikidata ID
Q120648408
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From French to Portuguese—“Christ the Redeemer” goes by many names.
- French: “Christ Rédempteur”
- German: “Christus der Erlöser”
- German: “Cristo Redentor”
- Japanese: “コルコバードのキリスト像”
- Lithuanian: “Kristaus Atpirkėjo statula”
- Polish: “Pomnik Chrystusa Odkupiciela w Rio de Janeiro”
- Portuguese: “Alto do Corcovado”
- Portuguese: “Cristo Redentor”
- Portuguese: “Estação Alto do Corcovado”
- Portuguese: “Estação Cristo Redentor”
- “Cristo Redentor”
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