South America Blog Post #1

While in South America I visited the Christ the Redeemer statue. This statue is important to the South Americans because they believe that Christ died for us and that they should worship him. The statue represents South America's culture because it shows how most of the South Americans are Christians. Construction of the statue began in 1922 and the statue opened to the public on October 12, 1931. The statue is 120 feet tall. In 2008 the statue was struck by lightning suffering damage to the fingers. In 2010 the statue was vandalized when someone spray pain