A tsakiyar shekarun 1850s, firist na Vincentian, Pedro Maria Boss, ya fara ba da shawarar sanya abin tunawa na Kirista a kan Dutsen Corcovado don girmama Gimbiya Isabel, mai mulkin Brazil da 'yar Sarkin sarakuna Pedro II, amma ba a amince da aikin ba. A 1889 kasar ta zama jamhuriya, kuma saboda rabuwa da coci da kuma jihar, an yi watsi da siffar da aka ba da shawara. The Katolika Circle of Rio ya yi wani tsari na biyu don siffar alama a kan dutsen a shekarar 1920. Kungiyar ta shirya wani taron da ake kira Semana do Monumento ("Matsayin Monument") don jawo hankalin ba da kyauta da kuma tattara sa hannu don tallafawa ginin mutum-mutumi.
Makon Tunawa da Mutuwa