Critics, however, see the move as a threat to Brazil’s secular state and its environmental commitments. Built in 1922 by the Catholic Church, the Christ the Redeemer statue is inside the Tijuca ...

There are multiple ways to reach Corcovado and Christ the Redeemer. Using public transportation, take bus line 422 from the city center or bus line 583 or the subway to Largo do Machado and then ...