Chichen Itzá Pyramid / Yucatán, Mexico &&Jesus Statue / Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

Chichen Itzá Pyramid / Yucatán, Mexico

Chichen Itzá located between Valladolid and Mérida, at Mexico’s
Yucatán Peninsula, was an Itza Mayan city founded in the preColumbian
period. Known also as Yucatán’s religious centre, the city
is today the second most visited archaeological site in Mexico.
Chichen Itzá is a pyramid-shaped city rising on several levels in
ladder form. The Great North Platform includes the monuments of
El Castillo: the step-pyramid Temple of Kukulkan dominating the
city centre, the Temple of Warriors and the Great Ball Court; the
Central Group includes the Caracol Observatory, the Government
Palace called Casa de las Monjas (Nuns’ Monastery) by the Spaniards
and, Akab Dzib which means ‘home of the cryptic
scriptures’ in Mayan language

Jesus Statue / Rio de Janeiro,Brazil

One of the world’s most famous statues is the giant
‘Christ the Redeemer Statue’ in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil,
which is seen as one of the symbols of the city.
It is located at the lower part of the Corcovado
Mountain at an altitude of 710 metres in the Tijuca
Forest National Park overlooking the city. Designed
by Brazilian civil engineer Heitor da Silva Costa and
completed in five years (1931) by French sculptor Paul
Landowski, the statue is 30.1 metres tall, placed on a
9.5 metres high pedestal; and the width of the open
arms of Jesus from one hand to the other is 30 metres.
The landmark can be seen from everywhere in the
city.
The Austrian skydiver and parachute jumper Felix
Baumgartner who recently set the world record for
skydiving from an altitude of 39 kilometres, reaching
a speed of 1,342 kilometres per hour on 14
October 2012, and became the first person
to break the sound barrier without vehicular
power on his descent, had executed a jump
of 29 metres from the right arm of
the statue on 1st December 1999.