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Statua di Cristoforo Colombo (Statue of Christopher Columbus) (19th century) [129] Busto di Cristoforo Colombo (Bust of Christopher Columbus) (1900) [130] Mirandola. Medaglioni ritratto di illustri italiani (Portrait medaillons of famous Italians) [131] Moconesi. Affresco con Colombo, Dante e Petrarca (Fresco showing Columbus, Dante and ...
The Christopher Columbus Monument was originally erected on the Centennial Exposition grounds at the intersection of Fountain and Belmont Avenues, near the Conservatory [1] and dedicated on October 13, 1876 [2] as a tribute from Italy to America. The entire monument cost $18,000, was made of Italian Ravazzoni marble, and stands 22 ft (6.7 m ...
Monument to Christopher Columbus (Buenavista, Mexico City) ... La Vela di Colombo This page was last edited on 10 January 2021, at 02:00 (UTC). ...
In 1892, the Statue of Christopher Columbus was donated to Central Park by the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society in commemoration of the 400th anniversary of his arrival in the Americas. The statue replicates one made by Jeronimo Suñol in 1892, [ 2 ] located at the Plaza de Colon, in Madrid .
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.
La Vela di Colombo, or the Sail of Columbus, is a monument located along the Hudson River Waterfront Walkway at Liberty State Park in Jersey City, New Jersey.It commemorates the 500th anniversary of the journey of Christopher Columbus to America in 1492, the role of Genoa, Italy in the Age of Discovery, and Italian immigration to the Port of New York and New Jersey.
Castillo de Colomares is a monument, in the form of a castle, dedicated to the life and adventures of Christopher Columbus. [1] It was built near Benalmádena in Spain, between 1987 and 1994. [ 2 ] Covering an area of 1,500 meters, it is the largest monument in the world to the explorer, but also contains the smallest church in the world ...
Originally designed by Georgian sculptor Zurab Tsereteli as a monument to commemorate the 500th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's first voyage, Birth of the New World was constructed in 1991. The statue prominently depicts Columbus controlling an anachronistic depiction of a steering wheel, with a backdrop featuring the Niña , Pinta and ...