Columbus Statue - Baltimore, MD
Posted by: saopaulo1
N 39° 17.122 W 076° 36.220
18S E 361691 N 4349670
Some relief art at the base of a Columbus statue. The base shows scenes from Columbus's life.
Waymark Code: WM6FXD
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 05/28/2009
Views: 14
"This monument to Columbus is carved in Italian Carrara marble. The monument was dedicated on October 8, 1984 by former Mayor of Baltimore William Donald Schaefer and President Ronald Reagan. It depicts the discoverer facing east along Eastern Avenue into the rising sun - the direction from which the explorer's vessels arrived over four hundred years ago.
On the base appear bas relief carvings showing the Nina, the Pinta, and the Santa Maria, the explorer's birthplace of Genoa, as well as the landing and meeting with the Indians of the new land." (
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