The monument Cristo Rey del Cubilete (Christ the King Shrine) is one of Mexico’s most intriguing and unusual spectacles. At around 3.000 meters above sea level on the top of Cerro del Cubilete, this sanctuary was built. It is one of the most important religious centers in the country and also marks the geographical center of Mexico. Originally, this site was occupied by a statue of Christ the King on a smaller scale that was destroyed by being bombed from an airplane during the most critical of the War Cristero Mexican Revolution.
The Cristo Rey, with open arms, exercises his majesty over the whole country and is accompanied by two angels to the right and left kneeling reverently, one offering a crown of martyrdom or of thorns and the other royal and glory. Outside, the building functions as a base of the statue. This monument of the Christian Faith rests in a large concrete hemisphere symbolizing the universe and the hemisphere in turn rests on eight huge concrete pillars that symbolize the eight provinces of Mexico church that existed when they began building the sculpture.
