Kristu tal-Baħħara
Kristu tal-Baħħara ( maltes .; German : "Christ for the seafarers") is an underwater statue of Jesus Christ , which was erected two kilometers off the coast of Malta at a depth of 35 meters. It was made from fiberglass by the Maltese sculptor Alfred Camilleri Cauchi and covered with concrete. Cauchi was commissioned by a diving group led by Raniero Borg to carry out this work in honor of Pope John Paul II's visit to Malta in 1990. The statue was modeled after the bronze statue of Cristo degli abissi in San Fruttuoso , Italy. It is one of its many copies worldwide. It weighs around 13 tons.
The statue was originally sunk in the sea in 1990 near Gżejjer ta 'San Pawl (literally: "Island of St. Paul", English: St. Paul's Islands), Malta. After ten years, because of the poor visibility in the water and a decrease in the number of divers who visited it, it was moved from there to the sea in front of Qawra , a district of the city of San Pawl il-Baħar (German: "Sankt Paulus Bucht", English: St. Paul's Bay). The statue was sunk near the wreck of the Imperial Eagle , which sank in 1999 and is also a draw for divers.
Web links
- George Cini: "Underwater statue moved to new site." In: Times of Malta (Online), p. 5, May 18, 2000 (no longer available)
- "Mega dive." In: Times of Malta , June 6, 2010, accessed October 26, 2014.
- Images of the statue on Facebook , accessed October 26, 2014.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Subway Dive Center: Excerpt from George Cinis article in Times of Malta ; Pictures of the statue ( Memento of the original from October 26, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed October 26, 2014.
Coordinates: 35 ° 58 ′ 12 ″ N , 14 ° 25 ′ 48 ″ E