Description
Marble statue of Columbus with in his right hand a rolled map and his left hand reston an anchor. Placed on a round pedestal.
Inscription(s)
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS
DISCOVERER OF AMERICA
sponsored by the Civic Club and the Italo-American societies of San Jose as a gesture of goodwill between the two countries
DEDICATED OCTOBER 12 1958
Annotation
The sculptor Delfo Guidi, worked in Pietrasanta, Italy.
On March 8, 2001, a vandal invaded the San Jose City Hall with a sledgehammer and whacked a hand and the legs off the marble statue of Columbus.
Sculptor
Tags
Locatie (N 37°20'14" - W 121°53'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: usca12;
Added: 11 August 2003
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