Christ The Redeemer

• This statue was built in the 1931. Construction started in 1922 and was completed in 1931. It took a span of nine years to complete it.
•  The cost of the monument was $250,000.
•  The left arm points to the Rio de Janeiro's north zone, the right to the south zone, while the saintly perch offers spectacular views of Ipanema, the Maracana soccer stadium and the Serra do Órgãos mountain range.
•  The original design for this statue was made by a man named Oswald. He had designed it to have a globe in one, and standing over a pedestal symbolizing the world. This design was not agreed on. 
•  The reason why it was built was to show that the Christ loves all. 
•  On July 7, 2007, it was honored as one of the New Seven Wonders Of The World.