Rio De Janeiro is well known for its iconic Jesus Christ statue overlooking the city, but a new statue in Southern Brazil is currently being built. This statue, dubbed ‘Christ the Protector’, will be even bigger than its counterpart. Being built in Encantado, a small town in Brazil’s southernmost state, Rio Grande do Sul, it will stand 43 meters (141 feet) tall.
The local organisation building it is Friends of Christ Association (AACristo), and said that it will be the third tallest statue of Jesus in the world, following a 249-foot statue currently being constructed in Mexico and a 172-foot monument in Poland. The construction is set to finish by the end of this year, as predicted by the sculptor Genesio Gomes Moura and his son Markus Moura.
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