Corcovado (Brazil)

Corcovado
View of the Corcovado
height	710  m
location	Rio de Janeiro , Brazil
Dominance	1.82 km →  Morro do Sumaré (approx. 740  m )
Notch height	165 m
Coordinates	22 ° 57 ′ 7 ″  S , 43 ° 12 ′ 37 ″  W Coordinates: 22 ° 57 ′ 7 ″  S , 43 ° 12 ′ 37 ″  W
Development	Corcovado cable car , road, stairs
particularities	The statue of Cristo Redentor stands on the top .
View over the bays of Rio de Janeiro to the Sugar Loaf . In the foreground the Corcovado with the statue of Christ.

The Corcovado ( German  for "hunchback" ) is a 710  m high mountain in the urban area of Rio de Janeiro , Brazil . On top of it stands the monumental statue of Christ Cristo Redentor , which, along with the Sugar Loaf Mountain, is a symbol of the city. The statue , inaugurated in 1931, is 30 m high, including the base, the total height is 38 m. The statue was designed by the sculptor Paul Landowski . The Corcovado is located in the Tijuca National Park and offers a view over Rio de Janeiro and the Guanabara Bay .

A serpentine road and a rack railway , the Corcovado mountain railway , lead to near below the Corcovado summit. The last meters to the summit lead via a staircase with 220 steps. Since 2003 there have been panoramic elevators and escalators in addition to the stairs to reach the viewing platform by the statue.

The Brazilian singer Antônio Carlos Jobim dedicated a song of the same name to Corcovado in 1960 .

Web links

Commons : Corcovado  - collection of images, videos and audio files

• Mount Corcovado. Entry in the Encyclopædia Britannica .

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Morro do Corcovado on Peakbagger.com (English)
2. ↑ Ole Schulz: Redeemer on the mountain top. In: deutschlandfunk.de. Deutschlandfunk , October 12, 2006, accessed on February 11, 2017 .