Description
Bronze statue on a marble pedestal.
Inscription(s)
Bronze tablet on the pedestal:
CRISTOFOTO COLOMBO
1451-1506
TO HONOR
AND PERPETUATE
THE MEMORY OF ALL THOSE
ITALIAN IMMIGRANTS
WHO DREAMED GREATLY
DARED COURAGEOUSLY
ACHIEVED MIGHTILY
IN A NEW WORLD
AMERICA.
Annotation
Unveiled 5 October 2001. The statue was sponsored by the Calabria Society of New Rochelle, New Rochelle High School / Iona College.
The monument is quite close to the monument for Leif Eriksson!
Sculptor
- Unknown artist. Do you know who the sculptor is? please let us know.
Sources & Information
Tags
Locatie (N 40°54'29" - W 73°46'9") (Satellite view: Google Maps)
Item Code: usny06;
Photograph: 20 October 2001
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