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El Cristo de las Noas, located on the Cerro de las Noas hill, in the Mexican city of Torreón, Coahuila, is a large sculpture by Vladimir Alvarado, portraying Jesus Christ. It was built between 1973 and 2000.

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The statue measures 21.80 meters from its base, and is made of over 580 tons of reinforced concrete; it is the most significant symbol not only of Torreón, but of all the Comarca Lagunera region. The project was conceived in 1973 by José Rodriguez Tenorio, and is the biggest Christ statue in North America; and third biggest in Latin America, only smaller than the statue of Christ The Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and Cristo de la Concordia in Cochabamba, Bolivia. In the sanctuary of Christ of the Noas, there is a religious resort with replica of the Holy Land, panoramic restaurant, and soon plans to build a cable car, begun in 1973 and opened in 2000.

This statue owes its name after the hill where it is placed, Cerro de las Noas, named after a desert cactus that grows in this region.

At the Cristo de las Noas Sanctuary, there is a religious touristic complex with Holy Land replicas and a panoramic restaurant.

See also

• List of tallest statues

References

На других языках

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[de] Christus von las Noas

Der Christus von las Noas (spanisch: El Cristo de las Noas) ist eine monumentale Christus-Statue auf dem „Cerro (Hügel) de las Noas” (rund 1300 m. ü. M.), in der Stadt Torreón im mexikanischen Bundesstaat Coahuila, 1000 km nördlich von Mexiko-Stadt. Der Name des Christus ist der Kakteenart geschuldet, die auf dem Hügel wächst und von den Einheimischen “la Noa” genannt wird.

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- [en] Cristo de las Noas

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[es] Cristo de las Noas

El Cristo de las Noas es una escultura de Jesús de Nazaret ubicada en el Cerro de las Noas, en la ciudad de Torreón, Coahuila, México, al noreste de México. Es obra de la artista Vladimir Alvarado, quien quiso inmortalizar el gesto de un Cristo protector.

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[it] Cristo de las Noas

Il Cristo de las Noas è una colossale statua di Cristo posta sulla sommità di una collina detta "Cerro de las Noas", nei pressi della città di Torreón, nello stato di Coahuila in Messico. È stata creata dallo scultore Vladimir Alvarado, che ha voluto questa statua come protezione della città.

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