THE 7 WONDERS OF THE

MODERN WORLD

WORLD'S WONDERS
 WHAT ARE THE 7 WONDERS OF THE MODERN
WORLD
• THE 7 WONDERS OF THE WORLD TODAY ARE: THE COLOSSEUM IN ROME
(ITALY).CHICHEN ITZA (MEXICO).CHRIST THE REDEEMER (BRAZIL).MACHU
PICCHU, PERU)THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA).PETRA (JORDAN)TAJ MAHAL (INDIA).
• HOW THE 7 WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD WERE CHOSEN
• THE 7 WONDERS OF THE MODERN WORLD WERE CHOSEN IN 2007 THROUGH AN
INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC CONTEST IN WHICH MORE THAN 100 MILLION PEOPLE
FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD PARTICIPATED. VOTING WAS CARRIED OUT VIA SMS
AND THE INTERNET (SPECIFICALLY THROUGH REGISTRATION VIA EMAIL).
 CHRIST THE REDEEMER STATUE
CHARACTERISTICS

• THE IMAGE OF JESUS CHRIST CROWNS THE TOP OF MOUNT CORCOVADO, LOCATED IN THE TIJUCA
NATIONAL PARK. THE MOUNTAIN REACHES ABOUT 710 METERS ABOVE SEA LEVEL. THERE, AN 8-
METER PEDESTAL SUPPORTS CHRIST THE REDEEMER, WHICH IS 30.1 METERS HIGH AND WEIGHS
1,200 TONS. FROM THERE, CHRIST WATCHES OVER THE CITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO AND
CONTEMPLATES THE PÃO DE AÇÚCAR MOUNTAIN.THE WORK CHRIST THE REDEEMER IS
CONCEIVED AS A MONUMENTAL SCULPTURE IN THE ART DECO STYLE. THIS WAS AN ECLECTIC
INTERNATIONAL ARTISTIC STYLE THAT EMERGED IN THE INTERWAR PERIOD, THAT IS, BETWEEN
APPROXIMATELY 1920 AND 1939, ALTHOUGH IT DID NOT HAVE A NAME UNTIL THE 1960S. THE
WORK IS DESCRIBED AS A REPRESENTATION OF JESUS CHRIST WITH OPEN ARMS. IN HIS HANDS,
THE WOUNDS OF THE CRUCIFIXION ARE VISIBLE, SO THAT IT IS THE RESURRECTED CHRIST, THE
HOPE OF THE BELIEVER.
 HISTORY

• LA IDEA DE HACER UN MONUMENTO EN LA CIMA DEL CERRO CORCOVADO

HABÍA NACIDO EN EL AÑO 1859 DEL SACERDOTE PIERRE-MARIE BOSS. ESTE
MONUMENTO SERÍA, PARA ÉL, UN HOMENAJE A LA HIJA DEL EMPERADOR PEDRO
II, LA PRINCESA ISABEL. SIN EMBARGO, PASARÍA MUCHO TIEMPO ANTES DE QUE
ESA IDEA PUDIERA CONCRETARSE. IN 1921 THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CALLED A
COMPETITION IN WHICH THE ARCHITECT HEITOR DA SILVA COSTA, INSPIRED BY
THE WORK OF THE MULTIFACETED ARTIST CARLOS OSWALD, WOULD WIN. AFTER
FIVE YEARS OF CONSTRUCTION, CHRIST THE REDEEMER OR CHRIST OF
CORCOVADO WAS INAUGURATED ON OCTOBER 12, 1931. IN 2007 IT WAS CHOSEN
AS ONE OF THE SEVEN MODERN WONDERS.
 MEANING

• CHRIST THE REDEEMER IS A WORK WHOSE SIGNIFICANCE IS RELATED TO THE

RELIGIOUS IMAGINATION OF BRAZIL. FOR THIS COUNTRY, STRONGLY
INFLUENCED BY CATHOLICISM, CHRIST IS REPRESENTED AS A SYMBOL OF
REDEMPTION, A SYMBOL OF FORGIVENESS AND A SYMBOL OF
PROTECTION.THUS, THE BODILY ATTITUDE OF THE CHRIST IN THE STATUE
REFLECTS THE SPIRIT OF WELCOME THAT IS ATTRIBUTED TO THE FIGURE OF
JESUS AS A BRIDGE BETWEEN GOD AND HUMANITY, AS A MESSIAH. BUT IT IS
ALSO A SIGN OF PROTECTION