Christian Monoliths in South America Quiz

Answer: Rio de Janeiro

The Art Deco statue was built slowly over the period 1922 to 1931. It arises 39.6 meters above the mountain top which is itself 710 meters above Guanabara Bay. There is a narrow road, a tourist railway and hiking trails up the mountain to allow access to the summit.

Answer: Venezuela

Trujillo is the capital city of the State of Trujillo in Venezuela. It is located in El Valle de Los Mukas. The city was founded by Diego García de Paredes (1506-1563), the son of Diego García de Paredes (1466-1534), a Spanish soldier of Trujillo in Spain.

The 1200-ton La Virgen de la Paz can be seen from the surrounding Venezuelan Andes Mountains. There is a chapel with stained glass windows open to the public.

Answer: Colombia

The church was transported stone-by-stone from Northern Europe. Its name -- "Las Lajas" -- refers to the flat stones in the river gorge where the Blessed Virgin was reported to have appeared in 1754 to Maria Mueces and her deaf-mute daughter Rosa who was healed by the apparition. The site is very close to the Ecuadorean border.

Answer: the Jesuits

The monastic missionaries who accompanied the Spanish conquistadores built many missions like San Ignacio Miní in an effort to convert the local Guarani people. While the mission, founded in 1611, was successful in its time, it was destroyed by the native people when the Jesuits were expelled in 1767.

The ruins are the beneficiary of several preservation efforts, including one sponsored by American Express.

Answer: Garden's Hill, Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil

Padre Cícero's statue is in Juazeiro do Norte, Brazil. The location atop Serra do Catolé which is also known as Colina do Horto was beloved by the priest as a place to conduct spiritual retreats. The city claims that it is the third largest concrete statute in the world and claims that 2.5 million people per year visit it.

Answer: Brazil

The city of Congonhas do Campo is located about 90 kilometers south of Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais state, in Brazil. The basilica, Santuário do Bom Jesus do Matosinhos, was built by the Portuguese land owner Feliciano Mendes. It is especially noted for the sculptures of twelve Old Testament prophets arranged around the church's terrace.

It was made a UNESCO World Heritage site in 1985.

Answer: Jesus Christ

Cristo de la Concordia was built between 1987 and 1994. The design is by César and Wálter Terrazas Pardo; it closely resembles the statue of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is slightly smaller than the statute of Christ the King in Swiebodzin, Poland and slightly larger than Christ the Redeemer in Brazil.

There is a viewing area in the arms of the statue which can be reached by stairs.

Answer: Venezuela

The statue called San Juanote is a concrete effigy of Saint John the Baptist erected on a small hill called El Calvario in the center of the city of San Juan de los Morros in Venezuela. Juan Vicente Gómez ordered it built in 1933 and moved to San Juan de los Morros in 1935 in honour of the city becoming the capital of the State of Guárico.

Answer: wood

In the 18th and 19th Centuries, the Jesuits built churches of wood using abundant native timber. One of these, Santa María de Loreto, was constructed in 1740 when the islands in which it is located were administered by Spain. The church is located on Quinchao Island's largest town, Achao, and is therefor sometimes called La Iglesia de Achao.

The style of the many churches built in this manner at that time is called the Chilota School of Religious Architecture in Wood.

Answer: Lima

The design of the Cristo del Pacifico is plainly that of the Cristo Redento in Rio de Janeiro; it is about eight meters shorter. The monument stands on the Morro Solar in Lima's Chorrillo's district. The statue is lit at night with multi-coloured lights.