This is a summary of the
Corcovado tourist
train attraction, www.corcovado.com.br. The site provides details on the train tour and its main attraction, the
statue of Christ the Redeemer. It is impossible to imagine a trip to Rio de Janeiro in Brazil without a visit to the statue of Christ the Redeemer.
The giant statue which is located at the top of Corcovado Hill, is Brazil's most known image throughout the world. Each year, over 300,000
people visit the statue
using the centenary Corcovado Train which is the oldest touristic ride in the country. The site also provides some of the history behind the creation of the statue. The statue of Christ was first conceived in 1921 during a campaign created to gather funds from the Catholic Community. Nevertheless, donations only happened ten years later, due to Arcebishop Dom Sebastiדo Leme's coordination of the campaign. The first sketches of the statue pictured Christ carrying a cross, holding a globe in his hands, while standing over a pedestal symbolizing the world. Rio's population preferred the statue as it is known worldwide today, with its arms open, embracing all the people.
The project took almost five years to be completed and building the statue wasn't an easy task. Since the execution of this task in Brazil wasn't possible then, the drafts had to be sent to France, to the
hands of the French-Polish sculptor Paul Landowski, who idealized the design of the hands and head of the monument. Back in Brazil, the different parts were carried up using the Corcovado Railroad and joined together on top of the hill. The statue of Christ the Redeemer pays homage to Rio's religiosity, and has become a symbol of the City and of its people, receiving all visitors with its arms open.
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