Column Javier around the world: The Virgin of El Panecillo

When I arrived in Brazil and took my first steps in the city of Rio de Janeiro, I observed that from the top of the sky and on a mountain a gigantic monument did not pass unnoticed to my eyes. It was the famous Christ Redeemer or Christ of Corcovado, Brazilian icon and one of the seven wonders of the modern world. Similar experience I lived when I landed years later in the city of Quito, capital of Ecuador. This time also from the clouds highlig…