Qualla: Christ the King (Almada) https://qualla.com/christ-the-king-almada en-us © 2026 Bendyline Mon, 20 Jul 2026 10:21:17 GMT Qualla serial false Qualla support@bendyline.com yes https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/c/k/christ-the-king-almada-wp/hero-small.webp Qualla: Christ the King (Almada) https://qualla.com/christ-the-king-almada Christ the King (Almada): Introduction https://qualla.com/christ-the-king-almada/ Photo credit Palickap, CC BY-SA 4.0. In 1934, the Cardinal Patriarch of Lisbon stood at the base of Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro, looked up at the 38-meter statue overlooking Guanabara Bay, and had an idea. Portugal needed its own monumental Christ. The project took twenty-five years. Between the cardinal's inspiration and the statue's inauguration on May 17, 1959, there was the small matter of a world war -- one that Portugal managed to avoid, which became the very reason the monument was built. The Sanctuary of Christ the King stands not as a declaration of faith alone but as an expression of national relief: a country's gratitude, rendered in concrete and stone, for having been spared the devastation that consumed its neighbors.

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/c/k/christ-the-king-almada-wp/eyck-christ-the-king-almada-intro.mp3 0:06 1 full Christ the King (Almada): A Plea Made Stone https://qualla.com/christ-the-king-almada/ Photo credit Filip Maljković from Pancevo, Serbia, CC BY-SA 2.0. The construction of Christ the King was formally approved at a Portuguese Episcopate conference held in Fatima on April 20, 1940, as Europe descended into its second catastrophic war in a generation. The monument was conceived as a dual offering: a plea to God to keep Portugal ou...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/c/k/christ-the-king-almada-wp/eyck-christ-the-king-almada-a-plea-made-stone.mp3 0:06 2 full Christ the King (Almada): Anatomy of a Colossus https://qualla.com/christ-the-king-almada/ Photo credit Deensel, CC BY 2.0. The monument rises from an isolated clifftop 133 meters above sea level, the highest point in Almada. Its base, designed by architect Antonio Lino in the form of a gate, is a trapezoidal pedestal 82 meters high, formed by four arches oriented to the compass points. Atop this pede...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/c/k/christ-the-king-almada-wp/eyck-christ-the-king-almada-anatomy-of-a-colossus.mp3 0:06 3 full Christ the King (Almada): The Chapel Inside https://qualla.com/christ-the-king-almada/ Photo credit Osfs, Public domain. Beneath the statue, occupying roughly a fifth of the pedestal's height, the Chapel of Our Lady of Peace opens from the northern facade. Its masonry-stone interior feels intentionally austere compared to the monument's dramatic exterior -- a space for private devotion inside a pub...

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]]> Fri, 13 Mar 2026 00:00:00 GMT https://qualla.com/_m/e/y/c/k/christ-the-king-almada-wp/eyck-christ-the-king-almada-the-chapel-inside.mp3 0:06 4 full Christ the King (Almada): Between Two Bridges https://qualla.com/christ-the-king-almada/ Photo credit Jonas.tesch, CC BY 3.0. The Christ the King monument has become inseparable from Lisbon's visual identity, though it technically stands outside the city, across the Tagus in the municipality of Almada. The 25 de Abril Bridge, completed in 1966 -- seven years after the statue's inauguration -- now frames...

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