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The Christopher Columbus Monument was a marble statue of the explorer Christopher Columbus in the Little Italy neighborhood of Downtown Baltimore, Maryland. The monument was brought down by protesters and dumped into the Inner Harbor on July 4, 2020, one of numerous monuments removed during the George Floyd protests. [1]
The Columbus Monument is a forty-four foot tall brick and cement obelisk standing in a small park at Harford Road and Walther Boulevard. The monument to Christopher Columbus was erected by French consul, Charles Francis Adrian le Paulmier Chevalier d'Anmour, in 1792, to commemorate the 300th anniversary of Columbus’ arrival to the Americas.
10 paź 2022 · There are major changes planned more than two years after protesters tore down the Christopher Columbus statue in Baltimore's Little Italy neighborhood and threw it into the Inner Harbor.
5 dni temu · Mannetta noted that besides being called The Monumental City, Baltimore is the only city that had three statues to Christopher Columbus. “We were the only city in the world with three monuments to Columbus,” he said. “The first one in 1792, by a Frenchman that was donated by France to Baltimore. The second one in 1892 in Clifton Park.
Columbus Piazza. This monument to Christopher Columbus was carved in Italian Carrara marble and dedicated October 8, 1984 by P resident Ronald Reagan and then-mayor of Baltimore, William Donald Schaefer.
3 dni temu · BALTIMORE — The circular plaza where a Christopher Columbus statue overlooked the Inner Harbor is still empty - more than four years after the statue was toppled into the water during the nationwide protests of 2020. In recent weeks there, have been a few new updates on the plaza's future. The ...
Christopher Columbus Statue located at Columbus Plaza in Arrigo Park, Little Italy, Chicago. Temporarily removed by orders of Mayor Lori Lightfoot on July 24, 2020. [ 177 ]