Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca National Park ... the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on May 30. (Photo: Bruna Prado, AP ...
Argentine tourism authorities say that an Argentine tourist who was shot in the head and chest in Rio de Janeiro last month ...
(CNN) — Perched high atop Corcovado Mountain, Christ the Redeemer ... National Park, making it a separate and independent portion to be administered by the Archdiocese of Rio de Janeiro.
The Cristo Redentor, as Brazilians call it, is a postcard not only for the city of Rio de Janeiro ... Brazil’s secular state and its environmental commitments. Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, ...
Replanted to mitigate the effects of deforestation caused by coffee plantations, Brazil’s then-emperor established the national ... at the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro on May ...