Gloria District And Corcovado Hill, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. Editorial Photo

The statue of Christ the Redeemer on top of the Corcovado hill, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, as seen from the Gloria district (in the central part of the city). The statue, 30m high and weighing over 1000 metric tons, was first planned to be completed in 1922 as part of Brazil’s centenary of independence celebrations. In fact it wasn’t finished until 1931, the French sculptor Paul Landowski respons