Tas-Salvatur
Tas-Salvatur ( Maltese also Is-Salvatur ; English Christ the Redeemer , German Christ the Redeemer ) is a statue on the Maltese island of Gozo .
description
Tas-Salvatur is based on the famous Brazilian model of the statue of the Redeemer on Corcovado near Rio de Janeiro .
It is a 12-meter-high image of Jesus , who stands with outstretched arms on the 97-meter-high Tal-Merżuq (German: Hill of Light ) about 550 meters south of Marsalforn on the north coast of the island.
The statue looks towards the island's capital Victoria , which can be seen on the horizon from the hill. The sculpture itself can be seen from Marsalforn , Xagħra and Għasri as well as from Victoria.
history
In 1901 a cross was erected on the top of the elevation. Three years later, when the island of Gozo was consecrated to Christ, the cross was replaced with a stone statue of Jesus. This in turn gave way to today's concrete statue in 1978 , which has a metal core and the surface is covered with fiberglass . The statue was restored in 2014. {
Legends
The statue was erected on top of the mountain because the Maltese people feared the mountain was an inactive volcano. They hoped that God would not destroy an image of His Son by a volcanic eruption. However, it has now been proven that there is no volcanic activity on the entire island.
Another legend claims that God punished the island of Gozo with three days of darkness, after which a ray of light ( Maltese merżuq ) appeared on the mountain from which it takes its name.
Web links
- Tas Salvatur Hill. www.visitgozo.com, accessed October 11, 2019 .
- Tas-Salvatur. In: Explore Gozo. www.gozo.com, 2008, accessed on October 11, 2019 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c d Is-Salvatur. Wirt Għawdex , October 19, 2018, accessed on June 21, 2020 (English).
Coordinates: 36 ° 3 '52 " N , 14 ° 14' 51" E