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[2] An inscription on the north side reads, "The fountain honors Ohio's sister state bond with Liguria, Italy, the navigator's home." The west side has: "Christopher Columbus, an Italian navigator, launched four voyages of discovery to the new world." [2] Similarly, the fountain has multiple inscriptions.
The 2020 George Floyd protests in Columbus renewed calls to remove the statue, with petitions circulating to also remove other statues of the explorer and to rename the city. [6] The statue's removal was announced on June 18, with Columbus mayor Andrew Ginther announcing plans for a work of art that better represents the people of Columbus. The ...
Christopher Columbus Statue (1970, 1986, 1995) located at Columbus Plaza (W. Main Street and Lawrence Hill Rd.) Lackawanna. Bust of Christopher Columbus (1940) located at Bethlehem Park, Madison Ave. Lindenhurst. Columbus Monument (1991) 7-foot-tall monument [186] Mahopac. Christopher Columbus Statue (1992) located at Thompson & McAlpin Streets ...
The Santa Maria in 2008. The Santa Maria Ship & Museum was a museum ship in downtown Columbus, Ohio.The craft was a full-size replica of the Santa María, one of three ships Christopher Columbus used in 1492 during his first voyage to the Americas.
A funeral Mass for Sanchez will be held on Friday, Aug. 30, at 10:30 a.m. at Our Lady of Guadelupe, 143 E. Patterson Ave. in Columbus. Burial will follow at Galloway Cemetery. smeighan@dispatch.com
Christopher Columbus died on May 20, 1506, in Valladolid.His death occurred in this city because he was following the itinerant Court of Ferdinand the Catholic. [1] The exact location of his death is unknown, but it could have been either in a modest inn or in the house of a sailor named Gil García where he was a guest.
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 [3] [4] 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.
Statue of Benjamin Franklin (Columbus, Ohio) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus City Hall) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Columbus State Community College) Statue of Christopher Columbus (Ohio Statehouse) Statue of Friedrich Schiller (Columbus, Ohio) Statue of Jim Rhodes; Statue of Lucas Sullivant; Statue of William Oxley Thompson