Qualla: Christ the Redeemer of the Andes https://qualla.com/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes en-us © 2026 Bendyline Wed, 08 Jul 2026 02:39:57 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/j/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Christ the Redeemer of the Andes https://qualla.com/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes Christ the Redeemer of the Andes: Introduction https://qualla.com/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes/ Photo credit Dakar organization, CC BY-SA 3.0. In 1904, three thousand people climbed to a windswept pass nearly 3,832 meters up in the Andes to watch two armies fire their guns in salute - not at each other, but together, in celebration. Only a short time before, Argentina and Chile had been preparing to fight over their shared border. Now, on the exact line that divided them, they unveiled a seven-meter bronze figure of Christ, one hand raised in blessing, facing the frontier. They called it Christ the Redeemer of the Andes, and at its feet they swore an oath in iron and stone.

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/j/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-wp/66nj-christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Christ the Redeemer of the Andes: A Statue Looking for a Mountain https://qualla.com/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes/ Photo credit Roberto6936, CC BY-SA 3.0. The bronze came first, and the peace came later. As the new century opened, Pope Leo XIII was calling for harmony among nations, and the bishop of Cuyo, Marcelino del Carmen Benavente, vowed to raise a statue of Christ the Redeemer to remind Argentina and Chile of a message of pe...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/j/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-wp/66nj-christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-a-statue-looking-for-a-mountain.mp3 0:06 2 full Christ the Redeemer of the Andes: Hauled to the Heights https://qualla.com/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes/ Photo credit Esceptic0, CC BY-SA 3.0. A diplomatic breakthrough in 1902 pulled the two countries back from the edge. Now the statue had to reach its mountain. The bronze was moved some 1,200 kilometers by train, then broken into pieces and carried the final, brutal stretch up the cordillera by mule. The chosen site w...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/j/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-wp/66nj-christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-hauled-to-the-heights.mp3 0:06 3 full Christ the Redeemer of the Andes: Sooner Shall These Mountains Crumble https://qualla.com/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes/ Photo credit Esceptic0, CC BY-SA 3.0. It is often said the statue was cast from melted-down cannons - old bronze guns from the wars of independence - though some historians doubt the detail. The promise carved at its base is not in doubt. In Spanish, it reads: 'Sooner shall these mountains crumble into dust than Arge...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/j/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-wp/66nj-christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-sooner-shall-these-mountains-crumble.mp3 0:06 4 full Christ the Redeemer of the Andes: The Lonely Outpost of Peace https://qualla.com/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes/ Photo credit Melisa 23, Public domain. Up here the climate is merciless. Winters bury the pass in snow, temperatures drop toward minus thirty, and the original bronze cross had to be remade in 1916 after the weather destroyed it. The statue has needed rescue more than once, most seriously a major restoration by Mendoz...

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]]> Sun, 21 Jun 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/6/6/n/j/christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-wp/66nj-christ-the-redeemer-of-the-andes-the-lonely-outpost-of-peace.mp3 0:06 5 full