A monument to Christopher Columbus in Baltimore's Inner Harbor
Christopher Columbus Monument
Baltimore Inner Harbor
East Side - at Columbus Piazza
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.
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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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Visit a web site for Christopher Columbus Monuments around the world: http://cartography.geog.uu.nl/columbus.
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The "Christopher Columbus" Building rises behind the explorer.
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"Columbus Piazza"
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Click the engraving to read the "dedication" text.
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Set in a plaza that has been designated "Columbus Piazza," the statue provides a bold and imaginative representation of the man. Baltimore's latest statue to Columbus captures the power and majesty--some might say obstinacy, even arrogance--of the discoverer of the New World.
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