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  2. List of monuments and memorials to Christopher Columbus

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    Bust of Christopher Columbus (1993) located at 2500 Easy Street, St. Charles Borromeo Catholic Church. Sarasota. Bust of Christopher Columbus located at Bay Shore Road 5401 (The John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art) Sarasota. Christopher Columbus Statue (1925) located at St. Armands Circle, St. Armand's key.

  3. Christopher Columbus and the Participation of the Jews in the ...

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    Christopher Columbus and the Participation of the Jews in the Spanish and Portuguese Discoveries is a scholarly work by Meyer Kayserling, translated into English and published in 1894. [1] [2] In it, Keyserling reports on an extensive search of Spanish archives including those at Alcalá de Henares , Barcelona , Madrid , and Seville .

  4. Monument of the Discoveries - Wikipedia

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    The Monument of the Discoveries (Portuguese: Padrão dos Descobrimentos, Portuguese pronunciation: [pɐˈðɾɐ̃w duʒ ðɨʃkuβɾiˈmẽtuʃ]) is a monument on the northern bank of the Tagus River estuary, in the civil parish of Santa Maria de Belém, Lisbon. Located along the river where ships departed to explore and trade with India and ...

  5. Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus City Hall) - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Columbus, or simply Columbus, is a 1955 sculpture by Edoardo Alfieri, originally installed outside Columbus, Ohio 's City Hall, in the United States. The statue was unveiled in 1955, celebrating Christopher Columbus 's voyages to the New World. It was removed in July 2020, in light of the explorer's abusive relationship with ...

  6. Christopher Columbus - Wikipedia

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    Christopher Columbus [b] (/ k ə ˈ l ʌ m b ə s /; [2] between 25 August and 31 October 1451 – 20 May 1506) was an Italian [3] [c] explorer and navigator from the Republic of Genoa who completed four Spanish-based voyages across the Atlantic Ocean sponsored by the Catholic Monarchs, opening the way for the widespread European exploration and colonization of the Americas.

  7. Columbus Monument (New York City) - Wikipedia

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    November 20, 2018. Designated NYSRHP. September 20, 2018 [1] The Columbus Monument is a 76-foot (23 m) column in the center of Columbus Circle in New York City honoring the Italian explorer Christopher Columbus, who first made an expedition to the New World in 1492. The monument was created by Italian sculptor Gaetano Russo in 1892.

  8. Birth of the New World - Wikipedia

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    1991. Completion date. Dedicated 2016. The Birth of the New World (Spanish: Nacimiento del Nuevo Mundo, colloquially known as La Estatua de Colón or literally Columbus' Statue) is a 360 foot (110 m) bronze sculpture located on the Atlantic coastline of Arecibo, Puerto Rico. When completed in 2016, it became the tallest sculpture in North ...

  9. History of the Jews in Portugal - Wikipedia

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    Many fled to the kingdom of Portugal, whose monarch was more tolerant of a Jewish presence there. Portugal was the destination of most Jews who chose to leave Spain after their expulsion in 1492. Around 100,000 Spanish Jews had decided to move to the neighboring Kingdom of Portugal, a minor Jewish population was already residing in Portugal. [9]