Zacatecas
Zacatecas, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Zacatecas, is one of the Political divisions of Mexico, 31 states of Mexico. It is divided into Municipalities of Zacatecas, 58 municipalities and its capital city is Zacatecas City, Zacatec ...
, Mexico.
Tabasco Municipality
The town of Tabasco is the
municipal seat
A municipal seat (Spanish: ; ) is the administrative center and seat of government of a municipality or civil parish, with other villages or towns subordinated. The term is used in Brazil, Colombia,Tabasco Municipality.
On 9 April 2023, a tall statue of
Jesus
Jesus (AD 30 or 33), also referred to as Jesus Christ, Jesus of Nazareth, and many Names and titles of Jesus in the New Testament, other names and titles, was a 1st-century Jewish preacher and religious leader. He is the Jesus in Chris ...
Christ was inaugurated atop the ''Cerrito de la Fe'' in Tabasco Municipality.
The monument, officially titled ''El Cristo de la Paz'' (The Christ of Peace), is the tallest sculpture of Jesus Christ in Latin America, being a meter taller than the '' Cristo Redentor'' (not including
pedestal
A pedestal or plinth is a support at the bottom of a statue, vase, column, or certain altars. Smaller pedestals, especially if round in shape, may be called socles. In civil engineering, it is also called ''basement''. The minimum height o ...