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Westerly
Rhode Island

Wilcox Park

Christopher Columbus

Charles H. Pizzano
1949

Description

Statue of granite. On the front side of the pedestal a relief showing Columbus's fleet.

Inscription(s)

On the front of the pedestal:

CRISTOFORO COLOMBO
INTREPID ITALIAN EXPLORER
WHO LINKED THE OLD WORLD OF
OUR FATHERS TO THE NEW WORLD
OF OUR SONS

On the back of the pedestal:

DEDICATED
BY
THE CITIZENS
OF
WESTERLY AND PAWCATUCK
A.D. 1949

On the statue:
C.H. PIZZANO SCULPTOR
1949

Annotation

The 4.5 m monument honors the intrepid Italian explorer and at the same time commemorates the contributions made by those of Italian ancestry to the life of Westerly.

This monument on postcards

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Sculptor

Charles H. Pizzano (Torre la Nocelle, Avellino, Italy 1893-Medford, Mass., 1987), sculptor of Medford

Sources & Information

Wilcox Park, Statues and Memorials (no longer on-line).
NIAF, Tributes to Christopher Columbus in the United States.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, SIRIS (Smithsonian Institution Research Information system).

Locatie (N 41°22'37" - W 71°49'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: usri04; Photograph: 21 October 2001
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