Catuaba is a medium-sized tree found in the Amazon forest in the northern part of Brazil. In Brazilian herbal medicine, catuaba bark is considered a central nervous system stimulant with aphrodisiac properties and a bark decoction is used for nervousness, poor memory, and sexual weakness.
The statue is located on the peak of the 700 metre tall Mount Corcovado, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The statue was created by French Sculptor Paul Landowski and built by the Brazilian engineer Heitor da Silva Costa, in collaboration with the French engineer Albert Caquot.
Christ Statue seen from helicopter. The statue was built to celebrate the 100 years anniversary of independence of Brazil from Portugal. Cloud on the way to cover Christ the Redeemer Statue. It took 5 years to build the Statue of Christ the Redeemer (from 1926 to 1931). Despite the safety conditions of the construction site at that time, none of the hundreds of workers died or was severely injured. At that time it was considered that Christ himself blessed the construction.