Having one giant Christ statue in Rio is not enough so Peru will also erect a 120 ft tall Christ the redeemer statue.
Without a doubt, the symbol of Rio de Janeiro is Christ the Redeemer, which is a statue of Jesus Christ that overlooks Rio. Construction on the iconic Brazilian statue finished in 1931, and in 2007, Christ the Redeemer was named one of the New Seven Wonders of the World. It is generally considered the largest art deco statue on Earth.
"LIMA (AFP) – Peruvian President Alan Garcia's plans to build the world's tallest Christ statue here has angered local residents who fear the soaring monument will mar the city's skyline.
Garcia, who told reporters he has personally donated $37,000 to finance the project, said the 37-meter (120-foot) statue is a "personal dream."
"This figure can bless Peru and protect Lima," he said about the project, which is also being funded by Brazilian companies.
Lima's Mayor Susana Villaran has expressed dismay over the location of the statue on a hill overlooking Lima's bay, which forms a 20 kilometer (12 mile) cove along the city's western edge.
"I respect President Garcia, and I am a believer. But there is a thing called the integrity of the landscape of Lima's bay," she said, adding that the president should have consulted local authorities beforehand.
The statue's proposed location on the Morro Solar hill also interferes with another historical site, said historian and archaeologist Guillermo Lumbreras.
"For years the Morro Solar has been undergoing a series of projects as a historical park... The hill is seen as a site where there was a battle in the war against Chile, and it should stay that way," he said.
Villaran said she intends to speak with Garcia and push for other sites for the Christ statue.
The statue, which is to be inaugurated on June 29, is expected to surpass the 36-meter tall Christ statue in Swiebodzin, Poland completed last November, currently the world's tallest." Yahoo news
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LIMA, Peru—President Alan García has always cut an outsize figure, both politically and physically, so it wasn't surprising that he would try to end his second term in a big way.
But no one could have predicted the firestorm created by Mr. García's move this month to start erecting a 120-foot replica of Rio de Janeiro's statue of Cristo Redentor, or Christ the Redeemer, on a hill here overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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16 June 2011
WOMAN Half mile long sculpture UK landscape design
(Reuters) - The world's largest sculpture of a human body is being carved out of the British landscape using more than a million tonnes of rock and soil left behind by coal-mining.
"Northumberlandia," designed by American landscape architect Charles Jencks, will be nearly half a mile long when it is finished in 2013.
The sculpture, of a woman's body, has already been given the epithet `Goddess of the North' by locals in Northumberland in the far northeast of England, a part of the world that is no stranger to grand man-made projects.
Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans, massive baronial castles, coalmines, shipyards and the huge Angel of the North sculpture by Antony Gormley, are all features of its landscape.
The best views of Northumberlandia are from the air, but visitors will be able to see her features up close by wandering the four-mile network of paths that run along the curves of her body.
One-and-a-half million tonnes of soil and clay taken from the nearby Shotton surface mine are being used to make the sculpture, which workers have been crafting for around a year.
Harvard-educated designer Jencks, 71, who was born in Fife, Scotland, said: "This is very much like alchemy; turning coal into energy and landscape into art.
"It offers us the opportunity to create art from the necessity of extracting coal."
Northumberlandia is costing around 2 million pounds and is funded by the Banks Group, the UK firm that operates the mine, and the Blagdon Estate, which owns the land.
Blagdon is the family estate of Viscount Ridley, whose son Matt Ridley, 53, said the idea for the sculpture came from a desire to be innovative.
"People have rightly asked why we are doing this," he said. "We could have submitted an application to simply restore the land back to agriculture, but we wanted to do something different.
"We are making a work of art with a bulldozer, rather than a paintbrush."
The sculpture will be at the heart of a public park being built close to the town of Cramlington near Newcastle.
"Northumberlandia," designed by American landscape architect Charles Jencks, will be nearly half a mile long when it is finished in 2013.
The sculpture, of a woman's body, has already been given the epithet `Goddess of the North' by locals in Northumberland in the far northeast of England, a part of the world that is no stranger to grand man-made projects.
Hadrian's Wall, built by the Romans, massive baronial castles, coalmines, shipyards and the huge Angel of the North sculpture by Antony Gormley, are all features of its landscape.
The best views of Northumberlandia are from the air, but visitors will be able to see her features up close by wandering the four-mile network of paths that run along the curves of her body.
One-and-a-half million tonnes of soil and clay taken from the nearby Shotton surface mine are being used to make the sculpture, which workers have been crafting for around a year.
Harvard-educated designer Jencks, 71, who was born in Fife, Scotland, said: "This is very much like alchemy; turning coal into energy and landscape into art.
"It offers us the opportunity to create art from the necessity of extracting coal."
Northumberlandia is costing around 2 million pounds and is funded by the Banks Group, the UK firm that operates the mine, and the Blagdon Estate, which owns the land.
Blagdon is the family estate of Viscount Ridley, whose son Matt Ridley, 53, said the idea for the sculpture came from a desire to be innovative.
"People have rightly asked why we are doing this," he said. "We could have submitted an application to simply restore the land back to agriculture, but we wanted to do something different.
"We are making a work of art with a bulldozer, rather than a paintbrush."
The sculpture will be at the heart of a public park being built close to the town of Cramlington near Newcastle.
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