This 1984 marble statue of Christopher Columbus by Anuro Bigarani stood in Columbus Park, Eastern and East Falls Avenues in Baltimore's Little Italy. It was torn down and thrown into Baltmore harbor on the 4th of July 2020.
Christopher Columbus
Discovered America
October 12, 1492
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Dedicated to the
City of Baltimore
by the
Italian American
Organization United
Of Maryland
And The Italian
American Community
Of Baltimore
In Commemoration of America
October 12, 1984
William Donald Schaeffer
Mayor of Baltimore
The Nina
66 Feet Long and 20 Feet Wide
Manned by 24 Men
The Pinta
80 Feet Long and 20 Feet Wide
Manned by 40 Men
The Santa Maria
98 Feet Long and 27 Feet Wide
Manned by 40 Men
Genoa, Italy
Birthplace of Columbus
1451
The Landing in America
October 12, 1492
Meeting with the Indians
October 12, 1492
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2026 Update:
This picture of a piece of the statue being pulled from Baltimore Harbor in 2020 appeared in the Washington Post in an article on President Trump's revival of the Columbus Statue by Dan Diamond and Olivia George.
A replica of Anuro Bigarani's Columbus statue by Tilghman Hemsley, has been installed in front of the Eisenhauer Executive Office Building, in Washington DC:
See other entries for Christopher Columbus in the Portrait Gallery.
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