Christ the Redeemer (statue) - Important monument in Brazil

Christ the Redeemer is a statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located at the peak of the 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain in the Tijuca Forest National Park. The monument is very important to Brazil because it marks a part of the history of my country, it was financed by Princess Izabel from Portugal to build a large religious monument with help of  priest Pedro Maria. In the history, some people say the construction was a gift of France, but the truth is that the donations came from Brazilian Catholics. The Statue its also symbol of the evolution of Brazilian civil engineering, because they use to build the reinforced concrete instead of steel and many other details that were modern for the time. The Statue represents Brazil like postal card, because it is one of the seven wonders of the modern world and it's one of the most monuments visited by religious people. Christ the Redeemer represents and has the function of show the beauty of my country.