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The 29 foot tall limestone Mount Cristo Rey monument, commonly called "Christ of the Rockies."
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An aerial view of Mount Cristo Rey and the surrounding cities.
Memorial plaques of contributors to the original 1939 construction. Among them are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Manuel Camacho (former Mexican president), Pope Pius XII, and prominent Catholic clergy from around the world.
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Brendan Ross
Dec 31, 2015 near Sunland Park, NM
“The 29 foot tall limestone Mount Cristo Rey monument, commonly called "Christ of the Rockies."”  

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The 29 foot tall limestone Mount Cristo Rey monument, commonly called "Christ of the Rockies."
Memorial plaques of contributors to the original 1939 construction. Among them are Franklin D. Roosevelt, Manuel Camacho (former Mexican president), Pope Pius XII, and prominent Catholic clergy from around the world.
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View of the Franklin Mountains and the valley.
One of the trail's twelve stations of the cross, part of the Via Dolorosa. Sunland Park, western El Paso, and the Franklin Mountains are in the background.
The remains of the house sculptor Urbici Soler lived in while building the statue.
The rocky desert landscape and sparse plantlife give the Mount Cristo Rey trail a distinct, other-worldly feel.
An aerial view of Mount Cristo Rey and the surrounding cities.
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Mount Cristo Rey

4.6 mi 7.4 km
 6 ROUTE
Sunland Park, NM
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