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I want to talk about the monument of Christopher
Columbus. The statue was sculpted by Rafael Atché and it
was built in 1888, for the Universal Exposition of
Barcelona. You can find it in Pl. Portal de la Pau.
The bronze statue is 7.2 m tall and it stands on a column
which is 40m tall. The total height of the Columbus
monument is 60m. Columbus is supposedly pointing
towards the New World with his right hand, while holding
a scroll in the left. But in actual fact the statue points east
towards Columbus's home city of Genoa.
The monument was built to commemorate the 400th
anniversary of the discovery of America.
Columbus stands on a globe with the inscription "Earth".
At the base of the column you can see another statue of
Columbus holding scrolls and some scenes from his trip.
I want to recommend you to visit this monument
because there is a remarkable sight from it.