The Protector statue is located in the distant city of Encantado, in southern Brazil, which is currently home to the world’s third-tallest statue of Jesus Christ in the world. (In Mexico, a ...

With these dimensions, the Christ the Protector statue surpasses Christ the Redeemer, built in 1931 of reinforced concrete, 125 feet tall on a 25 foot pedestal.

The image is iconic: the statue of Jesus towering over the landscape in clean white, with arms outstretched. However, this amazing figure of Christ our King and Redeemer was originally never meant ...

The Jesus statue is more than 140 feet tall — higher than Rio de Janiero’s famed 98-foot "Christ the Redeemer." The new "Christ the Protector" statue was completed April 22, and cost $350,000 ...

Lightning struck Brazil’s Christ the Redeemer statue during a storm on Friday. Christ the Redeemer, which has been named one of the seven modern wonders of the world , towers over Rio de Janeiro ...

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Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue. (Shutterstock) Known to locals as simply “the Christ,” the statue — one of Brazil’s most recognized symbols — is visited by about 2 million tourists ...

The road to see the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is winding and steep. But at the top sits an icon, not just of the Rio skyline, but of the faith at the foundation of this ...

A Brazilian photographer, Fernando Braga, went viral recently for his stunning image of lightning striking the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro. “It was unbelievable at first. Like a ...

On Feb. 11, 2023, a photo of the Brazilian statue known as Christ the Redeemer began to go viral across platforms. It showed the statue being struck by lightning the night before.