Christ of las Noas

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The Christ of las Noas
The head of Christ from las Noas

The Christ of las Noas ( Spanish : El Cristo de las Noas) is a monumental statue of Christ on the "Cerro (hill) de las Noas" (around 1300 m above sea level), in the city of Torreón in the Mexican state of Coahuila , 1000 km north of Mexico City . The name of Christ is due to the type of cactus that grows on the hill and is called “la Noa” by the locals.

The 21.85 meter high statue is modeled on the Cristo Redentor in Rio de Janeiro. It was built between 1973 and 2000, is made of reinforced concrete and weighs 579 tons. When it was completed, it was the eighth largest statue of Christ in Latin America .

history

The artist Vladimir Alvarado designed the statue in 1973 based on a design by the priest José Rodriguez Tenorio . With his work, Alvarado wanted to immortalize the facial expression of a protective Christ . The priest told the statue: “The intention of this work is to come to the invisible through the visible! This is a lot that has been done in view of what could even be done. "

meaning

The Christ has not only become the symbol of Torreón, but of the entire Lagunera region . It is illuminated at night.

Surroundings

In the complex around the monumental Christ there is a tourist religious complex with a church, a Way of the Cross, a model of the Holy Land and a panorama restaurant. In addition, a 600 meter long cable car is to be built on the hill, which will overcome the 220 meter difference in altitude. The railway is to be financed with funds from China . In return, a 300 meter long model of the Great Wall of China is to be built on the hill .

The Christ of las Noas, side perspective

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ ¡El propósito de esta obra es llegar a lo invisible por medio de lo visible !, ¡Es mucho lo que se ha hecho para lo mucho que podría hacerse! Rodríguez Tenorio
  2. ↑ Televisa Regional: Gobierno de China paga construccion del teleferico en Torrein ( Memento of March 7, 2014 in the web archive archive.today ), October 23, 2013, accessed March 7, 2014.

Coordinates: 25 ° 18'47 "  N , 103 ° 16'20.1"  W.