Brazil will have a new giant Christ, bigger than the one in Rio de Janeiro

The statue will be called Cristo Protector and will be 43 meters high, including its pedestal, making it the third tallest statue in the world.

Meanwhile, from hand to hand, he is 36 meters tall, he will have an internal elevator and a point of view, the AFP agency reported.

“It is certainly a day of celebration, of devotion”, celebrated the progress of the project on their social networks Gilson Conzatti, counselor and son of Adroaldo Conzatti, local politician who adopted the idea for the site. Adroaldo, who was the city’s mayor, died in March of health complications following a photo of Covid-19.

the Christ the Redeemer of Corcovado, Brazil’s most famous postcard, measures 38 meters including the pedestal, and was inaugurated in October 1931.

The city that will house the new Christ has 22,000 inhabitants and it is located 144 kilometers from Porto Alegre, the state capital.

The construction, erected on Cerro de las Antenas and designed by a city priest, aims to “transmit the faith of the city of Encantado and promote tourism in the region”.

Sculptors Genesio Yes Markus Moura, father and son, are in charge of the work with a budget of 2 million reais (350,000 dollars), and which was financed by donations and without public money, according to the Association of the friends of Christ.