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25-SEP-2005

Monumento ao Cristo Rei

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THE MONUMENT DETAILS

Collin
Height of the hill above the river Tagus - 113 m

The monument itself

Height - 110,60 m
Depth of the bracket - 14 m
Volume of the whole complex of reinforced concrete - 20.000 m3
Weigh - - 41 thousand metric tons (1 ton - 2204.6 lbs)
Base - 25 metres by 25 metres
Pedestal - 82 square metres
Statue - 28 square metres
Visibility - from 20 kilometres
Details of the Statue
Head - 4,05 m
Heart - 1,89 m
Arms - 10 m
Sleeves (height) - 5 m
Spanse, from fingertip to fingertip - 28 m
Authors to the project
Architec António Lino
Engineer D. Francisco de Mello e Castro
Sculptors
Mestre Francisco Franco (Statue of Christ the King)
Mestre Leopoldo de Almeida (Statue of Our lady of Fátima in the chapel)

( http://www.cristo-rei.com/m_numeros_uk.htm )


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