Cristo Rey
Cristo Rey is a statue on top of Cerro del Cubilete, a 200 metres mountain in Silao Municipality in Guanajuato, Mexico.Photo: Zeratai, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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- Type: Memorial
- Description: Statue in Guanajuato, Mexico
- Also known as: “Christ Monument, Cerro de Cubilete”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cerro del Cubilete.
Cerro del Cubilete
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Photo: Juan Carlos Fonseca Mata, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Cerro del Cubilete is a hill in Silao, Guanajuato, in Mexico. Approximately 30 miles southeast of Léon, it is said to be the geographical center of Mexico.
Cristo Rey
- Categories: monument, statue of Jesus, and historic site
- Location: Silao de la Victoria, Guanajuato, Bajío, Mexico, North America
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Latitude
21.01175° or 21° 0′ 42″ northLongitude
-101.36891° or 101° 22′ 8″ westOpen location code
75HW2J6J+PCOpenStreetMap ID
node 13689355126OpenStreetMap feature
historic=memorialWikidata ID
Q14907783
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Turkish—“Cristo Rey” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Christus Koning van El Cubilete”
- German: “Christus von El Cubilete”
- Hungarian: “Krisztus király szobor”
- Hungarian: “Krisztus király-szobor”
- Indonesian: “Cristo Rey (patung Meksiko)”
- Indonesian: “Cristo Rey”
- Polish: “Statua Chrystusa Króla w Cubilete”
- Turkish: “Cristo Rey”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Santuario de Cristo Rey (Sanctuary of Christ the King) and Área de Preservación Ecológica Cerro del Cubilete.
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