Agência Brasil9d
Christ the Redeemer: most searched attraction among foreign tourists
The statue stands at 30 meters tall and was built between 1922 and 1931. Equipped with lightning rods, it is struck by ...
MercoPress28d
Lightning chips a finger from Christ the Redeemer right hand
Christ the Redeemer, the iconic statue with its arms extended overlooking Rio de Janeiro in Brazil was struck by lightning damaging the statue's right hand thumb, making it lose one finger ...
Rio’s Christ the Redeemer statue and New York’s Empire State building turn off lights for Earth Hour
Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue switched off its lights to mark Earth Hour. New York's Empire State ...
Aussie man’s epic proposal at one of the world’s busiest landmarks – minus the tourists
Cooper Weldon’s girlfriend had always made one thing clear – if or when he wanted to propose, she didn’t want it to happen in ...
‘I hired one of the World’s seven wonders to pop the question’
One Brisbane woman has just gotten engaged in the best way possible, after her boyfriend hired out the entire Christ the ...
Crux13d
After death of tourist, rector of Rio’s Christ the Redeemer hopes for changes
A Brazilian tourist died while visiting the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro, on Mar. 16, allegedly due to the ...
Statue of Liberty, Big Ben models in underwater art show to raise climate change awareness
A Swedish art project aims to create an underwater city of the world’s most famous buildings to highlight the threat from ...
Yahoo10d
Rio's Christ the Redeemer statue and New York's Empire State building turn off lights for Earth Hour
Rio de Janeiro's iconic Christ the Redeemer statue switched off its lights to mark Earth Hour. New York's Empire State Building also switched off its lights and joined the global campaign on ...