Cristo de la Concordia
The Christ statue Cristo de la Concordia stands above the city of Cochabamba in Bolivia .
The 34.2 meter high statue and the 6.24 meter high pedestal are 40.44 meters high, making it the second tallest statue of Christ in the world after the Świebodzin statue erected in Poland in 2010 . César and Wálter Terrazas Pardo had it built from reinforced concrete based on the model of Cristo Redentor (English: Christ the Redeemer) in Rio de Janeiro . The head of the statue is 4.64 m high and weighs 11.85 tons. Her arms have a wingspan of 32.87 m.
The statue weighs around 2200 tons and stands at 2840 m. It is accessible via 1399 steps and offers a view of Cochabamba, the Cerro San Pedro and the surrounding area. The foundation stone was laid on July 12, 1987. Construction work was completed on November 20, 1994.
Web links
- Boliviaweb: El Christo de la Concordia ( Memento from April 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- Article about the largest statues of Jesus in the world ("Estatuas de Jesús más grandes del mundo"), website of the city of Cochabamba , Bolivia, published on February 26, 2014, accessed on October 12, 2014.
Coordinates: 17 ° 23 '4 " S , 66 ° 8' 4.4" W.