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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://www.clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/76069182-515c-4aac-acd4-7766e15dfe2c/BEEAA048-825E-4AB1-9A68-2E72EFD5690D/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516" style="font-size: 11px;">en.wikipedia.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516"><P><B>Christ the Redeemer</B> (<A title="Portuguese language" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portuguese_language" linkindex="14">Portuguese</A>: <SPAN lang="pt" xml:lang="pt"><I>O Cristo Redentor</I></SPAN>), is a <A title="Statue" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statue" linkindex="15">statue</A> of <A title="Jesus Christ" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jesus_Christ" linkindex="16" set="yes">Jesus Christ</A> in <A title="Rio de Janeiro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" linkindex="17" set="yes">Rio de Janeiro</A>, <A title="Brazil" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazil" linkindex="18">Brazil</A>.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-Largest_christ_0"><A title="" href="#_note-Largest_christ" linkindex="19">[1]</A></SUP> The statue stands 39.6 metres (130 feet) tall, weighs 700 tons, and is located at the peak of the 700-m (2296-foot) <A title="Corcovado" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcovado" linkindex="20" set="yes">Corcovado</A> mountain in the <A title="Tijuca Forest" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tijuca_Forest" linkindex="21">Tijuca Forest</A> National Park overlooking the city.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-Largest_christ_1"><A title="" href="#_note-Largest_christ" linkindex="22">[1]</A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="_ref-Travel_Channel_0"><A title="" href="#_note-Travel_Channel" linkindex="23">[2]</A></SUP><SUP class="reference" id="_ref-BBC_0"><A title="" href="#_note-BBC" linkindex="24">[3]</A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516"><P>A symbol of <A title="Christianity" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christianity" linkindex="25" set="yes">Christianity</A>, the statue has become an icon of Rio and Brazil.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-Hindustan_times_0"><A title="" href="#_note-Hindustan_times" linkindex="26">[4]</A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516"><div align="center"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/F52DB6E2-4530-4215-A092-E1CA3957DDED" alt="Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516"><DIV class="thumbcaption"> <DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Brasil.RioDeJaneiro.Corcovado.jpg" linkindex="12"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV> Christ the Redeemer in <A title="Rio de Janeiro" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_de_Janeiro" linkindex="13">Rio de Janeiro</A>.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516"><div align="center"><img src="http://content7.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/en.wikipedia.org/img/96B5AAD3-456C-4EEC-A208-9DDE8CD45FB6" alt="Christ the Redeemer with Corcovado in background." /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516"><DIV class="thumbcaption"> <DIV class="magnify"><A title="Enlarge" class="internal" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Corcovado_statue01_2005-03-14.jpg" linkindex="51"><IMG width="15" height="11" alt="" src="http://en.wikipedia.org/skins-1.5/common/images/magnify-clip.png" /></A></DIV> Christ the Redeemer with <A title="Corcovado" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corcovado" linkindex="52">Corcovado</A> in background.</DIV></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516"><P>In <A title="October" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October" linkindex="77">October</A> <A title="2006" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2006" linkindex="78">2006</A>, on the statue's 75th anniversary, <A title="Archbishop" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archbishop" linkindex="79">Archbishop</A> of Rio <A title="Cardinal (Catholicism)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardinal_%28Catholicism%29" linkindex="80">Cardinal</A> <A title="Eusebio Oscar Scheid" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eusebio_Oscar_Scheid" linkindex="81">Eusebio Oscar Scheid</A> consecrated a chapel (named for the patron saint of Brazil - <A title="Nossa Senhora Aparecida" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nossa_Senhora_Aparecida" linkindex="82">Nossa Senhora Aparecida</A>) under the statue.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-BBC_2"><A title="" href="#_note-BBC" linkindex="83">[3]</A></SUP> This allows <A title="Catholics" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catholics" linkindex="84">Catholics</A> to hold baptisms and weddings there.<SUP class="reference" id="_ref-BBC_3"><A title="" href="#_note-BBC" linkindex="85">[3]</A></SUP></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Christ_the_Redeemer_%28statue%29&oldid=179991516">As of <A title="July 7" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/July_7" linkindex="86" set="yes">7 July</A> <A title="2007" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007" linkindex="87">2007</A>, Christ the Redeemer was named one of the <A title="New Seven Wonders of the World" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Seven_Wonders_of_the_World" linkindex="88">New Seven Wonders of the World</A> in a list compiled by the Swiss-based The New Open World Corporation.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;"> </td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/BEEAA048-825E-4AB1-9A68-2E72EFD5690D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>
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