Cristo Redentor
I should be studying because I've skipped a lot of classes and have to listen to all those audio files and also take notes @_@ anyway, I'm talking a rest so here is what boolafaz and omochi were commenting about in the other entry:

The idea for erecting a large statue atop Corcovado was first suggested in the mid 1850s, when Catholic priest Pedro Maria Boss requested financing from Princess Isabel to build a large religious monument. Princess Isabel did not think much of the idea and it was completely dismissed in 1889, when Brazil became a Republic, with laws mandating the separation of church and state. The second proposal for a large landmark statue on the mountain was made in 1921 by the Catholic Circle of Rio. The group organised an event called Semana do Monumento ("Monument Week") to attract donations and collect signatures to support the building of the statue. The donations came mostly from Brazilian Catholics.The designs considered for the "Statue of the Christ" included a representation of the Christian cross, a statue of Jesus with a globe in his hands, and a pedestal symbolizing the world. The statue of Christ the Redeemer with open arms was chosen.

Local engineer Heitor da Silva Costa designed the statue; it was sculpted by French sculptor Paul Landowski.A group of engineers and technicians studied Landowski's submissions and the decision was made to build the structure out of reinforced concrete (designed by Albert Caquot) instead of steel, more suitable for the cross-shaped statue. The outer layers are soapstone, chosen for its enduring qualities and ease of use. Construction took nine years, from 1922 to 1931. The monument was opened on October 12, 1931. The cost of the monument was $250,000. The statue was meant to be lit by a battery of floodlights triggered remotely by shortwave radio pioneer Guglielmo Marconi, stationed 5,700 miles (9,200 km) away in Rome, but poor weather affected the signal and it had to be lit by workers in Rio.

Yeah, taken from Wikipedia XD

I assume you two know of what statue I was talking about so I won't show any pics but you can always see them in wiki ^^;

Our Portuguese wiki is not as complete in details but it says that the Frenchman I was referring to was actually polish. I'm not sure what it meant and I'm too lazy to look that up :p Anyway, Cristo Redentor (Christ the Redeemer o.O) was sculpted by some french guy :D

Now I'm back to my classes @_@ I still have 80 minutes of a Civil law Procedure lesson to take notes of XD