Story behind Cristo Redentor

February 20, 2009 by winona · Leave a Comment
Filed under: latin america, monument 

As I have planned, starting from this month (February 2009) I am going to make posts NOT only about Indonesia, but also about foreign. The idea comes from the stats that I saw in my EC dashboard. To tell you the truth, during my blogwalking - though not so rapid - I met so many blogger friends from other side of the world, and I thankful for that. Besides I have a big interest to know more about the beautiful foreign.

This afternoon, I am gonna post about Cristo Redentor, the story behind the monument, that I found from various source. Here is the summary that I make .

Cristo Redentor - World Famous Monument of Brazil
Cristo Redentor - World Famous Monument of Brazil

The idea of Cristo Redentor appeared since the middle of 1850’s. In that moment, a catholic leader Pedro Maria Boss asked fund from Princess Isabel, to be used to build the biggest religious monument. Only that time, Princess Isabel ignore the idea. Read more

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