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Brazilian City to Have World's Largest Cross Funded with $6 Million in Public Money

A city of just under 60,000 residents in southern Brazil has begun building the world's largest cross, standing 102 meters tall and funded with more than R$30 million ($6 million) in public money. The monument will be erected in Cruz Alta, in the interior of Rio Grande do Sul state, funded through the transfer of money from congressional amendments sponsored by federal lawmaker Bibo Nunes. Leia…

We haven't written up this one. Folha de S.Paulo (English) has the full story — the link below goes straight to it.

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