Hi Hi! I hope you are well, this is a special weekend because I am going to go to a place that I do not know and that is an emblem of Portugal, especially in the capital it is the famous (Cristo Rei) it is a special symbol of the country that has a means pretty pretty! I told my wife if she wanted to take some pictures there and she agreed with me, so make yourself comfortable enjoy my photos and this fabulous story!๐ค๐ฎ๐
Hola hola! espero que esteis bien, este es un fin de semana especial porque voy a ir a un sitio que no conozco y que es emblema de Portugal, especialmente en la capital se trata del famoso (Cristo Rei) es un simbolo especial del pais que tiene un significa bastante bonito! le dije a mi esposa si queria tomarse unas fotos alli y ella concordo conmigo, asi que bueno ponte comodo disfruta de mis fotos y esta fabulosa historia!๐๐งญ๐
WHERE IS THE CHRIST REI๐จโ๐ซ๐งญ/DONDE ESTA EL CRISTO REI๐ป๐ท
First of all, this great monument is very close to the river Tejo, it is located in the parish of Almada, getting here is relatively easy, if you are on a walk in Portugal and you are by public transport or taxi then you can get here easily because there is public transport that is exclusive to come here! the price of each transport is around 2.5 euros! You can also take an UBER, TAXI, or if you are in your own car you can also access the monument, it has very ample free parking!๐ฎ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค
Primeramente este gran monumento esta muy cerca del rio tejo, se encuentra en la freguesia de Almada llegar aqui es relativamente facil, si estas de paseo por Portugal y andas en transporte publico o taxi entonces puedes llegar aqui con facilidad porque hay un transporte publico que es exclusivo para venir aqui! el precio de cada transporte ronda los 2.5euros! puedes tambien tomar un UBER, TAXI, o si estas en carro propio tambien puedes acceder al monumento, tiene estacionamiento gratis muy amplio!๐๐
A LITTLE HISTORY๐๐งญ/UN POCO DE HISTORIA๐ฉ๐ท
I know well that when you see this gigantic image the Christ the Redeemer of Brazil comes to mind, and because if this monument was built inspired by that of the Latin American country, the construction began in mid-1934, it is said that the Cardinal of Lisbon in one of his trips to Brazil, he was so excited to see Christ the Redeemer that when he arrived in Lisbon he made a campaign to raise funds to build a similar one! obviously it was a daring project for a country with few resources!๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค๐ค
Bien se que cuando ves esta imagen gigantesca te viene a la mente el Cristo Redentor de Brazil, y pues si este monumento fue construido inspirado en aquel del pais latinoamerica, la construccion comenzo a realizarse a mediados de 1934 se dice que el Cardenal de Lisboa en uno de sus viajes a Brazil, se entusiasmo tanto al ver el Cristo Redentor que cuando llego a Lisboa realizo una campaรฑa para recaudar fondos para construir uno parecido! obviamente fue un proyecto osado para un pais con pocos recursos!๐ฎ๐ฎ
It was only at the end of the fifties that the monument was built, it is a work with a religious meaning that symbolizes peace, love and gratitude. The main objective of building the Cristo Rei monument is to thank God for keeping Portugal safe in WWII! It is an imposing structure of 28 meters high!๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
Solo a finales de los aรฑos cincuenta fue que se logro construir el monumento, es una obra con un significado religioso que simboliza paz, amor y agradecimiento. El principal objetivo de construir el monumento del Cristo Rei es agradecer a Dios por mantener a Portugal a salvo en la Segunda Guerra Mundial! es una imponente estructura de "28metros de alto" !๐ฅฐ๐๐ฅ๐
ABOUT THE CONSTRUCTION๐๐งญ/SOBRE LA CONSTRUCCION๐ฉ๐ท
The Cristo Rei that is located next to the Rio Tejo was delicately sculpted by Francisco de Sousa! It has 4 pillars, this has a symbolic representation that means that it points to the four cardinal points, at the bottom of the structure there is a small chapel that bears the name (Nossa Senhora da Paz), the monument has a large elevator inside that allows us access to the upper part of the Christ!๐ณโโ๏ธ๐ณโโ๏ธ
El Cristo Rei que se ubica a lado del Rio Tejo fue delicadamente esculpido por Francisco de Sousa! tiene 4 pilares, esto tiene una representacion simbolica quiere decir que apunta sobre los cuatro puntos cardinales, en la parte inferior de la estructura hay una pequeรฑa capilla que lleva como nombre "(Nossa Senhora da Paz)", el monumento tiene en el interior un gran elevador que nos permite el acceso a la parte superior del Cristo!๐จโ๐ซ๐จโ๐
The inauguration of the Monument was on May 17, 1959, whose day is celebrated on Petencostes, for the ceremony many cardinals from both Brazil and Portugal participated, it was a special day for the population of Portugal in which more than 300 thousand people attended. ! The construction of the monument lasted more than 10 years, for it more than 40 thousand tons of (blessed) a mixture of cement, stones, water were used! Incredibly the Christ was sculpted by hand in its own structure and lifted more than 100 meters from the ground!๐ฎ๐ฎ
La inaguracion del Monumento fue en mayo 17 de 1959 cuyo dia se celebra el petencostes, para la ceremonia participaron muchos cardenales tanto del pais hermano de Brazil como de Portugal, fue un dia especial para la poblacion de Portugal en la que asistieron mas de "300mil personas!" la construccion del monumento tuvo una duracion de mas de 10aรฑos, para ella se empleo mas de "40mil toneladas" de (beato) una mezcla de cemento, piedas, agua! increiblemente el Cristo fue esculpido a mano en su propia estructura y levantado a mas de "100metros" del suelo! ๐๐๐๐๐
Cristo Rei rises 215 meters above sea level, has a total height of 110 meters, despite the fact that unlike Christ the Redeemer it is smaller by only 2 meters! the Cristo de Brazil looks much bigger because of being built on a mountain but they are almost the same size! Only the statue measures 28 meters and from side to side bone from palm to palm the Christ measures 28 meters! Christ has a heart on his chest that measures 1.89 meters!๐๐๐๐๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐๐
El Cristo Rei se eleva a "215 metros" sobre el nivel del mar, presenta una altura total de "110metros" , apesar de que a diferencia del Cristo Redentor este es mas pequeรฑo por tan solo 2 metros! el Cristo de Brazil se ve mucho mayor por causa de ser construido en una montaรฑa pero son casi del mismo tamaรฑo! solo la estatua mide "28 metros" y de lado a lado osea de palma a palma el Cristo mide 28 metros! el Cristo tiene un corazon en su pecho que presenta una medida de "1,89 metros"! ๐
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The monument has a beautiful history and it is that the children participated in the construction, they helped to raise funds to complete the project. The initiative was baptized with the name "small stones" translated as small stones, it had a period of time between 1939 and 1958๐๐๐ง๐ง๐ง
El monumento tiene una bonita historia y es que los niรฑos participaron en la construccion, ellos ayudaron a recaudar fondos para completar el proyecto a la iniciativa se le bautizo con el nombre "pedras pequeninas" traducido como piedras pequeรฑas, tuvo un periodo de tiempo entre 1939 y 1958 ๐ง๐ถ๐ง๐ฆ๐ง
Then in 1999 the monument passed into the hands of the Catholic Church in Setubal, we already know that the Catholic Church is independent of the state so it carried out some restoration works on the monument, so in 2001 the restorations began ! the monument is considered a national sanctuary.๐ค๐ค๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐คฉ๐คฉ๐คฉ
Luego en "1999" el monumento paso a manos de la iglesia catolica en Setubal, ya sabemos que la iglesia catolica es independiente del estado por lo que realizo algunas obras de restauracion sobre el monumento, por lo que en el aรฑo 2001 se comenzo a realizar las restauraciones! el monumento es considerado un santuario nacional.๐๐
A VISIT TO THE CHAPEL๐๐งญ/VISITA A LA CAPILLA๐ฉ๐ท
The ticket to enter the monument and the chapel costs 4-6 euros, you do not have a guided tour so I recommend you read a little about the history to understand many things, when you are in the chapel you are greeted by a nun who will explain a Little about the pictures and designs that are on display, it's free too.๐๐
El billete para entrar al monumento y la capilla cuesta 4-6 euros, no tienes una visita guiada asi que te recomiendo leer un poco sobre la historia para comprender muchas cosas, cuando estras en la capilla eres recibido por una monja que si te explicara un poco sobre los cuadros y diseรฑos que estan en exhibicion, es gratis tambien.๐ต๐ต
Inside the chapel we see some works that relate apparitions and dreams of the Christian religion, mentions of the Book of Apocalypse, there are photos of all the cardinals who were directors of this project, as well as an interesting replica of Cristo Rei, we see a comparison of Cristo Rei and Christ the Redeemer, they explain to us that Cristo Rei is smiling because he is happy to receive us and with open arms because he has no distinctions and receives anyone in his arms!๐ณโโ๏ธ๐ณโโ๏ธ๐จโ๐
Dentro de la capilla vemos algunas obras que relatan apariciones y sueรฑos de la religion Cristiana, menciones del Libro apocalipsis, hay fotos de todos los cardenales fueron directores de este proyecto, asi como una interesante replica del Cristo Rei, vemos una comparacion del Cristo Rei y el Cristo Redentor, nos explican que el Cristo Rei esta sonriendo porque esta alegre por recibirnos y de brazos abiertos porque no tiene distinciones y recibe a cualquier persona en sus brazos!๐โโ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
360 VIEW๐จโ๐ซ๐งญ/VISTA 360๐ป๐ท
I think this is the favorite part of all of us who visit the Christ in addition to its great history, when we take the elevator and reach the top of the monument the beautiful view we get from 360 degrees around Lisbon is fantastic! we can clearly see the main bridge of the capital, April 25 and range basque! and of course, as it is to be supposed, we have a view over the four cardinal points of the capital!๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ๐ฎ
Creo que esta es la parte favorita de todos los que visitamos el Cristo ademas de su gran historia, cuando tomamos el elevador y llegamos a la cima del monumento la hermosa vista que obtenemos de 360grados al rededor de Lisboa es fantastica! podemos ver claramente los principales puente de la capital, 25 de abril y vasco de gama! y claro como es de suponerse tenemos vista sobre los cuatro puntos cardinales de la capital!๐๐
Well friends I say goodbye, I hope you have enjoyed this beautiful experience! You already know that if you come to Portugal this monument cannot go unnoticed, you have to come see it! It is one of the most visited in the country!๐๐
Bueno amigos me despido, espero hayan disfrutado esta bonita experiencia! ya sabes que si vienes a Portugal este monumento no puede pasar desapercibido, tienes que venir a verlo! es uno de los mas visitados del pais!๐๐
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For the realization of the post, the following articles were taken as bibliographic reference:
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santuario_Nacional_de_Cristo_Rey_(Almada)
https://lisboasecreta.co/10-curiosidades-sobre-o-cristo-rei/
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good job, I only know about this place through pictures but after you elaborate so beautiful. I was experiencing it while reading this and watching all the finest clicks that you capture, I surely visit this place after these pandemic restriction smoothes for a bit. well-done man.truly eye-catching
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Muy buena reseรฑa histรณrica, excelentes fotografรญas, me gustรณ tu blog felicitaciones.
Abrazos mi amigo
Saludos @oscurity , que buena experiencia, compartirla se agradece. Bendiciones.
Gracias mi amigo abrazos
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beautiful place, with some very emblematic monuments, thank you for sharing
What a preciousness of photos! It's very beautiful the view that you and your wife have recharged us, plus you were combined that's even more cool and beautiful to see your faces reflecting joy, it makes us clear that you enjoyed the ride ๐๐ค.
ยกQue preciosura de fotos! Es muy hermoso la vista que nos han recargado tu y tu esposa, ademรกs que estaban combinados eso es aรบn mรกs cool y hermoso ver sus caras reflejando alegrรญa, nos deja claro que disfrutaron el paseo ๐๐ค