A Brazilian tourist died while visiting the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro, on Mar. 16, allegedly due to the ...

Critics, however, see the move as a threat to Brazil’s secular state and its environmental commitments. Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca ...

Rio will be hosting the World Cup in 2014 and the Olympics in 2016 and officials are expecting a surge in visitors to the Christ Redeemer statue. The Rio archdioceses and the Brazilian Ministry of ...

Recognized as one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, this statue of Jesus Christ stands ... There are multiple ways to reach Corcovado and Christ the Redeemer. Using public transportation ...

(JTA) — National landmarks in Brazil and Poland were illuminated in blue and white to celebrate Israel’s 70th anniversary. The Christ Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, which is managed by the ...

An iconic statue of Christ the Redeemer in Brazil could soon be dwarfed by a new statue of Jesus’s mother. A Polish billionaire and his wife have announced plans to build a statue of the Virgin ...

Police said on Friday that at least three assailants carrying knives and a gun set up the ambush on the trail, which leads to Christ ... Redeemer statue. “For a year and a half, there have been ...

This statue, perched in China's Hunan Province, depicts Chairman Mao Zedong at the age of 32. The work is said to have cost as much as $35 million to build.

The event was organised by Brazilian non-profit organisation ... into the water as a bridge gives way. Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue has a makeover in celebration of Indigenous Peoples ...