Christ of the Sacred Heart, Colossal religious statue in El Morro, Mexico.
Christ of the Sacred Heart is a colossal statue standing 75 feet tall atop El Morro, constructed with a steel frame in the upper section and fiberglass lower portions. The figure with outstretched arms dominates the coastal landscape and remains visible from various points in the surrounding area.
Antonio Pequeño Guerrero commissioned the 23-metre statue, which stands on a summit above El Morro where a small cross once stood and locals placed flowers on holy days. Pequeño is buried at that summit.
The summit beneath the statue was once marked by a small cross where locals laid flowers on holy days, and Antonio Pequeño Guerrero is buried there. The 23-metre figure shows Jesus with his Sacred Heart, a devotion reflected in the statue's Spanish name, Cristo del Sagrado Corazón.
The statue stands above El Morro, 10 km south of Rosarito, directly across the highway from the Las Rocas Resort and Spa, whose grounds give a clear view of the figure. The summit holds the small cross where locals place flowers on holy days and where Antonio Pequeño is buried.
The summit beneath the statue was once marked by a small cross where locals laid flowers on holy days, and Antonio Pequeño, who commissioned the work, is buried there. The Spanish source gives the height as 23 metres plus a 7-metre base.
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