Cristo Rei
Open-armed Christ statue from 1927 on a sea cliff, facing the Atlantic above a marine reserve.
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This guide to Cristo Rei, on the Garajau headland at Caniço in Madeira, looks past the pale figure to what it is actually made of. It follows two French sculptors, a local lawyer and his wife, and a blessing on the Feast of Christ the King in nineteen twenty-seven. Stand at the base, where the sculptors signed their names, and look up at the sleeves.
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