The "Christ of the Abyss" is a 9 foot 4000 pound bronze statue made by an Italian sculptor Guido Galletti. It was placed in Key Largo Dry Rocks in 1966 by the Underwater Society of America.
The Statue sits atop a large concrete base in 25 feet of water.
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By lea, 2006-12-23 16:00:00 Christ of the deep
Italian sculptor Guido Galletti did a very good job ! I really like diving here.
More information about the statue can be found here: http://www.keyshistory.org/artchristofthedeep.html
Last dive of the year for me...
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This is the second time on this dive. This time the Captain
was more energetic then the previous one. He Stated "For a religious experience....
Hug the Christ Statue!" He then stated he was just kidding and that the
statue is covered i More...
An Amazing Coincidence
Unbeknownst to me, my publisher choose a photo of 'The Christ of the Abyss' (Key Largo) for the cover image of my book, 'Hear Him! The One Hundred Twenty-five Commands of Jesus.' Interestingly, I received my first shipment of books the very same week that Italian divers pay homage to the original bronze statue of the same figure near Genoa, Italy! It took the wife of one of my reviewers to recognize the sculpture when they received a copy of my book for review. They live in Kentucky, but had once dived at the Key Largo site and seen it there.
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comment by Peter Wittstock , 2007-02-07 00:11:45