Heitor da Silva Costa

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Heitor da Silva Costa
Born	(1873-07-25)25 July 1873 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Died	21 April 1947(1947-04-21) (aged 73) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Occupation	Architect
Notable work	Christ the Redeemer statue
Spouse	Maria Georgina Leitão da Cunha
Children	3
Awards	Paulo de Frontin Award (1923)

Heitor da Silva Costa (25 July 1873 – 21 April 1947) 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 Redeemer statue Monumento Cristo Redentor on Corcovado in Rio de Janeiro organized by the Catholic Church. The reason for the competition was the one hundred year anniversary of the independence of Brazil (1822). The monument was inaugurated on 12 October 1931.