Article: Letter: A different dimension.(Features)

Encyclopedia entry: Uspallata Pass
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      354 words ...Uspallata Pass , c.12,500 ft (3,810 m) high ... Highway now runs near the pass, through the Christ the Redeemer Tunnel. In 1817 José ... fight the Spanish royalists in Chile. The Christ of the Andes statue stands in the pass ...

Article: Statue of Christ 'out of weapons' Symbol of peace for ...
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland);  June 14, 1999 ;     700+ words ... ... border town. To be known as The Christ of the Mournes it will be similar to the famous Christ of the Andes statue which towers over the Uspallata Pass, on the border of Argentina ... peace sworn at the feet of Christ the Redeemer." The Northern ...

Encyclopedia entry: Christ of the Andes
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      315 words ...Christ of the Andes statue of Jesus commemorating ... Dedicated Mar. 13, 1904, it stands in Uspallata Pass , high in the Andes, on the Argentine-Chilean ... Chileans break the peace sworn at the feet of Christ the Redeemer."

Article: ASK THE GLOBE
The Boston Globe;  November 29, 1990 ;     329 words ...Q. Is the statue of "Christ of the Andes," which stands ... foot-tall figure of Christ stands on a granite hemisphere on the summit of Uspallata Pass in the Andes Mountains ... peace sworn at the feet of Christ the Redeemer." COX ;11 ...

Article: Border vision: the International Peace Garden.
Manitoba History;  March 22, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... such examples were a rarity. The only notable examples were Christ of the Andes; a giant statue of Christ placed on the border between Chile and Argentina on the summit of Uspallata Pass in the Andes Mountains; and the Waterton-Glacier International ...

Article: Wondering about wonders.
Calliope;  September 1, 2006 ;     700+ words ... ... with the completion of the Chrysler Building in New York. Christ of the Andes is a statue of Jesus commemorating a series of ... Argentina and Chile. Dedicated in 1904, it stands in the Uspallata Pass, high in the Andes, on the Argentine-Chilean border ...

Encyclopedia entry: Andes
The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition;      700+ words ... ... mountain of the Western Hemisphere) and Tupuncato are there. Between the peaks is Uspallata Pass , the route of the former Transandine Railway , with the Christ of the Andes . Other major peaks such as Llullaillaco flank the main range, and in ...