And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
On Rio, Cristo Redentor Location,Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Designer/Designed by sculptors Paul Landowski and Heitor da Silva Costa and built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa in collaboration with Albert Caquot. Sculptor Gheorghe Leonida created the face. Material/Reinforced concrete with soapstone veneer Width/28 metres (92 ft) Height/30 metres (98 ft), 38 metres (125 ft) with its pedestal Completion date/Dedicated October 12, 1931; 95 years ago
On Rio, Cristo Redentor
ReplyDeleteLocation,Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Designer/Designed by sculptors Paul Landowski and Heitor da Silva Costa and built by engineer Heitor da Silva Costa in collaboration with Albert Caquot. Sculptor Gheorghe Leonida created the face.
Material/Reinforced concrete with soapstone veneer
Width/28 metres (92 ft)
Height/30 metres (98 ft), 38 metres (125 ft) with its pedestal
Completion date/Dedicated October 12, 1931; 95 years ago