Heitor Da Silva Costa
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Gender | Male |
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Death | 77 years ago |
Date of birth | July 25,1873 |
Zodiac sign | Leo |
Born | Rio De Janeiro |
State Of Rio De Janeiro | |
Brazil | |
Date of died | April 21,1947 |
Died | Rio De Janeiro |
State Of Rio De Janeiro | |
Brazil | |
Structures | Christ the Redeemer |
Job | Civil engineer |
Spous | Maria Georgina Leitão da Cunha |
Awards | Paulo de Frontin Award |
Business partner | Paul Landowski |
Albert Caquot | |
Gheorghe Leonida | |
Designed | Christ the Redeemer |
Date of Reg. | |
Date of Upd. | |
ID | 1383914 |
Heitor Da Silva Costa Life story
Heitor da Silva Costa was a Brazilian civil engineer, designer and constructor of the Christ the Redeemer monument in Rio de Janeiro. In 1924, he won a competition for the construction of the monumental Christ the Saviour statue Monumento Cristo Redentor on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro organized by the Catholic Church.