A new statue of Christ being built in Brazil will be taller than the famous Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. Christ the Protector in the southern city of Encantado will be 43m (140 ft ...

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 ...

A new Brazilian statue named "Protective Christ ... from the Christ standing atop Rio's Corcovado mountain. Rio's Art Deco statue was built with reinforced concrete and soapstone and took ...