From the country that brought you Machu Picchu comes "Christ of the Pacific"— a 120-foot statue of Jesus.
President Alan García, who leaves office on July 28, ordered the construction of the monument last May as "a gift of gratitude from the chief of state to the Peruvian people." Some might call that a vanity project. But García told Peruvian journalists that he contributed around $36,000 of his own money towards the statue not for personal gain but because it "blesses Peru and protects Lima." According to the president, a "generous Brazilian businessman" coughed up another $1 million to complete the towering figure of Christ, which has a construction deadline of June 29.
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