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Wenzhou World Trade Center


Height: 322m
Location: Wenzhou
Year: 2010
Wenzhou World Trade Center

Cristo Redentor


Height: 38m
Location: Rio de Janeiro
Year: 1922
Cristo Redentor

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Wenzhou World Trade Center

Wenzhou World Trade Center

Height

322m
Floors68
Year2010
CityWenzhou

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Wenzhou World Trade Center (Chinese: ????????) is a 68-floor supertall skyscraper in Wenzhou, Zhejiang, China. Construction of the building began on 9 June 2003 and was completed in 2010 at 333 m (1,093 feet ), giving it the name of the 107th-tallest construction in the world. It's located in the downtown area of Wenzhou in which it stands as the tallest building in the city, the tallest in Zhejiang province and the 56th-tallest in China.



The Wenzhou World Trade Center is to be used as office space and a luxury hotel. Original plans called for the Wenzhou World Trade Center to be just 260 m (853 ft) tall.

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Cristo Redentor

Cristo Redentor

Height

38m
Floors0
Year1922
CityRio de Janeiro

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Christ the Redeemer (Portuguese: Cristo Redentor, standard Brazilian Portuguese: [?k?istu ?eden?to?], local pronunciation: [?k?i?t?? xe?den?to?]) is an Art Deco statue of Jesus Christ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, created by French sculptor Paul Landowski and built by Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with French scientist Albert Caquot. Romanian sculptor Gheorghe Leonida fashioned the face. Constructed between 1922 and 1931, the statue is 30 metres (98 ft) high, excluding its 8-metre (26 ft) pedestal. The arms stretch 28 metres (92 ft) wide.The statue weighs 635 metric tons (625 long, 700 short tons), and is located at the peak of this 700-metre (2,300 ft) Corcovado mountain at the Tijuca Forest National Park overlooking the city of Rio de Janeiro. A symbol of Christianity across the world, the statue has also become a cultural symbol of both Rio de Janeiro and Brazil, and is recorded as one of the New7Wonders of the World. It is made of reinforced concrete and soapstone.

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