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Due statue di Cristoforo Colombo (Two Statues of Columbus) [126] Lavagna. Cristoforo Colombo (Statue of Christopher Columbus) (1930) [127] Lucca. San Michele e 35 protomi di figure storiche (Saint Michael and 35 protomes of historical figures) [128] Milano. Statua di Cristoforo Colombo (Statue of Christopher Columbus) (19th century) [129]
The statue was fabricated from heavy sheet copper by W. H. Mullins of Salem, Ohio in 1892. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The gift of Italian-Americans, the statue was installed in 1892 in Wooster Square. [ 3 ] [ 4 ] An October 12, 1892 article in the New Haven Register described the time capsule that was placed under the statue: "The corner stone will hold a ...
Even so, the statue was shifted two inches north from its original position, and the top of the statue tilted 1.5 inches (3.8 cm). As a result, the statue was repaired and cleaned in 1934. [13] The monument received some retouching in 1992 to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Columbus's voyage, and in turn, the monument's own 100th anniversary.
The statue was created to commemorate the 400th anniversary, in 1892, of Columbus's arrival in the Americas. It was unveiled in Central Park on May 12, 1894. [3] [4] In August 2017, the statue was vandalized with red paint and graffiti reading "Hate will not be tolerated" and '#somethingscoming". The statue was restored shortly thereafter. [5]
The origins of the statue lie in the 1920s in the Italian-American community in Long Island and Astoria. It began raising money for the statue, but work stalled when the community couldn't afford a base. [2] [3] By 1930, the Board of Aldermen had renamed the park, on the east side of the Astoria Boulevard (BMT Astoria Line) station, Columbus ...
A Christopher Columbus statue outside City Hall in Waterbury, Conn., was discovered decapitated Saturday morning, and cops were investigating, The Hartford Courant reported. After the monument to ...
Two statues of Christopher Columbus, one in Richmond, Va., and the other in Boston, were destroyed by protestors overnight. In Richmond, numerous videos of the incident show demonstrators pulling ...
The statue itself was sculpted by Count Vittorio di Colbertaldo (1902-1979) of Verona, [2] one of Benito Mussolini's hand picked ceremonial bodyguards known as the "Black Musketeers." [ 3 ] [ 4 ] Colbertaldo doubled as the Musketeers's sculptor, producing statues which commemorated the organization. [ 4 ]