WHAT DOES PS MEAN
the famous year in the Statue of Christ the Redeemer history,
where the monument is inaugurated on the 12 October. The final
design of the monument was authored by the fine artist
Carlos Oswald and the French Sculptor Paul Landowski was
placed in charge of executing the sculpture. The monument to
Christ, the Redeemer on the Corcovado mountain becomes the
largest art déco sculpture in the world.
WHAT DOES PS MEAN
All the necessary work material and workers who participated in the
construction of the Christ statue were transported to
Corcovado by the trains from the railroad that links the
street Cosme Velha, which today functions as a tourist train
to the top. The train was the first in Brasil appointed
exclusively to transportation of tourists and also the first
train to work by electricity.
