The Christ of the Andes

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“Erected in 1904 to commemorate the peaceful settlement of a boundary dispute between Argentina and Chile. The monument stands about three thousand feet above the tunnel on the Trans-Andean Railroad. The figure of the Christ, twenty-six feet high, was cast from bronze cannon."—Webster, 1920

Keywords

andes, chile, the christ of the andes, trans-andean railroad, argentina

Galleries

Argentina, Chile

Source

Webster, Hutton Modern European History (Boston, MA: D.C. Heath & CO., 1920)

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