Despite being on federal land, the archdiocese has special authorization to worship at the statue and adjoining chapel any ... cannot accept that Christ the Redeemer, Brazil’s most recognizable ...

There are multiple ways to reach Corcovado and Christ the Redeemer. Using public transportation, take bus line 422 from the city center or bus line 583 or the subway to Largo do Machado and then ...

(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 ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — An Argentine tourist who was shot in the head and chest in Rio de Janeiro last month while making his way to the Christ the Redeemer ... community in Brazil’s second most ...

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Christ the Redeemer, the iconic statue with its arms extended overlooking Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was struck by lightning damaging the statue's right hand thumb, making it lose one finger ...

Aerials show a horse stranded on a rooftop and a flooded airport in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul ... Rio's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue has a makeover in celebration of Indigenous Peoples ...

Some famous (and large) ones might come to mind, like Christ the Redeemer in Brazil or the Kelpies in Scotland. But what about some lesser-known and more eccentric works of art? From a massive ...