{"id":294547,"date":"2019-01-10T09:49:14","date_gmt":"2019-01-10T14:49:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/?p=294547"},"modified":"2019-01-10T09:49:14","modified_gmt":"2019-01-10T14:49:14","slug":"big-idea-actor-eduard-verastegui-plans-worlds-largest-statue-of-jesus-in-mexico","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/deaconsbench\/2019\/01\/big-idea-actor-eduard-verastegui-plans-worlds-largest-statue-of-jesus-in-mexico\/","title":{"rendered":"Big idea: Actor Eduard Ver\u00e1stegui plans world’s largest statue of Jesus in Mexico"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

The Catholic actor best known for \u201cBella\u201d and his passionate pro-life work launching his most ambitious project yet.<\/p>\n

An actor from Tamaulipas has created a project that would give the state\u2019s capital, Ciudad Victoria, the world\u2019s tallest statue of Jesus Christ.<\/p>\n
Eduardo Ver\u00e1stegui C\u00f3rdoba explained that the 77-meter-high statue [about 252 feet] and a complex to be built around it will be known as The Christ of Peace.<\/p>\n
He said that the purpose of the project is to leave a legacy of peace for the state in which he was born.<\/p>\n
Ver\u00e1stegui said that architect Fernando Romero, whose firm designed the ill-fated Mexico City airport, will design the statue, whose arms will be outspread, as if offering citizens a hug.<\/p>\n
The project will include an esplanade with capacity for 10,000 people, a church, restaurants, stores, a convention center, a shelter for pilgrims, a hotel, an amphitheater, a handicrafts market, funicular and cable car stations and a residential area.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Read more<\/strong>.<\/a> No word on where the funding for this would come from. But check out the video below for a rendering of what this could look like.<\/p>\n
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