Completed 1965 Opened 1965 Architect Bruno Innocenti | Architectural type Statue Height 21 m Groundbreaking 1963 | |
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Similar Basilica di San Biagio, Monte San Biagio, Museo nazionale dell'Alta V, Stazione Ferroviaria di Maratea, Costa di Maratea | ||
Christ the Redeemer of Maratea (Italian: Cristo Redentore di Maratea) is a statue of Jesus Christ in Maratea, southern Italy, realized in Carrara marble in 1965 by Bruno Innocenti, a sculptor from Florence.
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The statue
This is the third tallest statue of Jesus in Europe, after Christ the King in Świebodzin, Poland and Cristo-Rei (Christ the King) in Lisbon, and the fifth in the world after Cristo de la Concordia and Christ the Redeemer, both in South America. It is 21 metres high, the head is 3 metres in height and the arm-span is 19 metres from finger tip to finger tip.
History
On 9 September 1963 the Piedmontese entrepreneur Stefano Rivetti announced that a giant statue would be raised, with his own money, on the top of Monte San Biagio, as a tribute for Maratea’s population.
The construction of the statue began in late 1963, and was finished in 1965.